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Polyhexanide as a new antiseptic composition for a dentist
Aim. To assess systematically the available scientific evidence about clinical response of using polyhexanide as an antiseptic agent in medicine and dentistry.
Z. S. Khabadze +5 more
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Polyhexanide-Releasing Membranes for Antimicrobial Wound Dressings: A Critical Review
The prevalence of chronic, non-healing skin wounds in the general population, most notably diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers and pressure ulcers, is approximately 2% and is expected to increase, driven mostly by the aging population and the steady ...
António Jorge Guiomar, Ana M. Urbano
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Polyhexamethylene biguanide exposure leads to viral aggregation [PDF]
This study reports the activity of two biguanides against MS2 bacteriophage used as a surrogate virus for nonenveloped mammalian viruses and provides an explanation as to their apparent limited efficacy.When tested in a standard suspension test, two polyhexamethylene biguanides (PHMB), VANTOCIL TG and COSMOCIL CQ, reduced the viability of MS2 by only 1-
Pinto, Federica +3 more
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Evaluation of Polyhexamethylene Biguanide (PHMB) as a Disinfectant for Adenovirus [PDF]
Swimming pools can be a vector for transmission of adenovirus ocular infections. Polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) is a disinfectant used in swimming pools and hot tubs.To determine whether PHMB is an effective disinfectant against ocular adenovirus serotypes at a concentration used to disinfect swimming pools and hot tubs.In vitro laboratory study ...
Eric G, Romanowski +5 more
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Microsporidial stromal keratitis is refractory to topical drugs and is classically described in immunocompetent hosts. A 55-year-old patient with renal transplant and oral immunosuppressants, presented with a 15-day history of redness, pain, and ...
Amanjot Kaur +3 more
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Fungal osteomyelitis is rare in immunocompetent patients and is often difficult to cure, even with optimal medical and surgical management. The authors present two cases of fungal osteomyelitis in which the common swimming pool cleaner, polyhexamethylene
Genevieve Walls +4 more
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<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } --> <p class="western" align="justify">Trials were carried out in order to check the viability of polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride in the control of pathogenic and degenerating bacteria in carcass of ...
Albenones José de Mesquita +3 more
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The biguanide concentration of polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride (PHMB-HCl) was measured by non-aqueous titration with HClO4, argentometric titration, the Kjeldhal method, and colloidal titration. The summation value of non-aqueous titration and argentometric titration corresponded to two titrable nitrogens in five nitrogens per one unit of ...
HATTORI, Toshiaki +2 more
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A rapid and simple method for the determination of polyhexamethylene biguanide (polyhexanide, PHMB) in liquid and gel-like pharmaceutical formulations by means of high performance liquid chromatography coupled to diode-array detection (HPLCâDAD) was ...
Markus Küsters +4 more
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Toxicological assessment of polyhexamethylene biguanide for water treatment. [PDF]
Abstract Polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) is an antiseptic with antiviral and antibacterial properties used in a variety of products including wound care dressings, contact lens cleaning solutions, perioperative cleansing products, and swimming pool cleaners.
Asiedu-Gyekye IJ +3 more
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