Anti-Infective Agents, Local

Known as: Agents, Topical Anti-Infective, Local Anti-Infective Agents, Antiseptics 
Substances used on humans and other animals that destroy harmful microorganisms or inhibit their activity. They are distinguished from DISINFECTANTS… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Gastroprotective and blood pressure lowering effects of dietary nitrate are abolished by an antiseptic mouthwash.
Recently, it has been suggested that the supposedly inert nitrite anion is reduced in vivo to form bioactive nitric oxide with… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Washing away your sins: threatened morality and physical cleansing.
Physical cleansing has been a focal element in religious ceremonies for thousands of years. The prevalence of this practice… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Evaluation of an in situ forming hydrogel wound dressing based on oxidized alginate and gelatin.
Wound dressings that can be formed in situ offer several advantages over the use of preformed dressings such as conformability… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Hand hygiene practices in a neonatal intensive care unit: a multimodal intervention and impact on nosocomial infection.
OBJECTIVE Health care-associated infections persist as a major problem in most neonatal intensive care units. Hand hygiene has… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Efficacy of handrubbing with alcohol based solution versus standard handwashing with antiseptic soap: randomised clinical trial.
OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of handrubbing with an alcohol based solution versus conventional handwashing with antiseptic… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Handwashing compliance by health care workers: The impact of introducing an accessible, alcohol-based hand antiseptic.
CONTEXT Under routine hospital conditions handwashing compliance of health care workers including nurses, physicians, and others… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Effects of dental plaque antiseptic decontamination on bacterial colonization and nosocomial infections in critically ill patients
Objectives: To document in intensive care unit (ICU) patients the effect of dental plaque antiseptic decontamination on the… (More)
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Mechanism of action of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Salicylic acid and salicylates, obtained from natural sources, have long been used as medicaments. Salicylic acid was chemically… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Prospective, randomized trial of two antiseptic solutions for prevention of central venous or arterial catheter colonization and infection in intensive care unit patients.
OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacy of a newly available antiseptic solution (composed of 0.25% chlorhexidine gluconate, 0.025… (More)
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Efflux-mediated antiseptic resistance gene qacA from Staphylococcus aureus: common ancestry with tetracycline- and sugar-transport proteins.
Resistance to intercalating dyes (ethidium, acriflavine) and other organic cations, such as quaternary ammonium-type antiseptic… (More)
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