Cationic antiseptics: diversity of action under a common epithet

J Appl Microbiol. 2005;99(4):703-15. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02664.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Biguanides / therapeutic use
  • Cations
  • Cell Membrane / drug effects
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Chemical
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Biguanides
  • Cations
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
  • alexidine
  • Chlorhexidine