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A Cumulative Spore Killing Approach: Synergistic Sporicidal Activity of Dilute Peracetic Acid and Ethanol at Low pH Against Clostridium difficile and Bacillus subtilis Spores
Background. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are the primary method of hand hygiene in healthcare settings, but they lack activity against bacterial spores produced by pathogens such as Clostridium difficile and Bacillus anthracis. We previously demonstrated that acidification of ethanol induced rapid...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4751341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26885539 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv206 |