Effectiveness of disinfectants against candida auris and other candida species

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1240-1243

  Cadnum, Jennifer L ^a   Shaikh, Aaron A ^b   Piedrahita, Christina T ^a   Sankar, Thriveen ^a   Jencson, Annette L ^a   Larkin, Emily L ^c,d   Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^c,d   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BLEACHING AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LYSOL; OXIVIR TB; PERACETIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINEGAR; ACETIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA AURIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISINFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECONTAMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROCEDURES;

ACETIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

EID: 85029379805     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.162     Document Type: Article

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