Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: An Antimicrobial Mainstay and Platform for Innovation to Address Bacterial Resistance

ACS Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 288-303

  Jennings, Megan C ^a   Minbiole, Kevin P C ^b   Wuest, William M ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial; antiseptic; biocide; biofilm; disinfectant; MRSA; quaternary ammonium compound

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; GUANIDINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG MECHANISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAINING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84969245756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23738227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5b00047     Document Type: Review

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