TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL PSEUDOMONAL INFECTIONS WITH CITRIC-ACID - ANEFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL APPROACH

Authors
NAGOBA BS DESHMUKH SR WADHER BJ MAHABALESHWAR L GANDHI RC KULKARNI PB MANE VA DESHMUKH JS
Citation
Bs. Nagoba et al., TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL PSEUDOMONAL INFECTIONS WITH CITRIC-ACID - ANEFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL APPROACH, The Journal of hospital infection, 40(2), 1998, pp. 155-157
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of hospital infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956701
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
155 - 157
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6701(1998)40:2<155:TOSPIW>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The antibacterial effect of citric acid for antibiotic resistant Pseud omonas aeruginosa was studied. Twenty-five clinical isolates were test ed and all were inhibited by 2% citric acid in a broth dilution assay. Topical application of 2-3% citric acid to wounds, for three to seven times, successfully eliminated P. aeruginosa from the site. The use o f this agent is therefore recommended as an effective and economical a pproach to the control of multiple antibiotic resistant strains of P. aeruginosa causing superficial infections.