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Effects of chemical and physical agents on viability and infectivity of Encephalitozoon intestinalis determined by cell culture and flow cytometry.
Santillana-Hayat, Maud; Sarfati, Claudine; Fournier, Sandra; Chau, Françoise; Porcher, Raphaël; Molina, Jean-Michel; Derouin, Francis.
Affiliation
  • Santillana-Hayat M; Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Louis Hospital, AP-HP and EA 3520, University of Paris 7, France.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 46(6): 2049-51, 2002 Jun.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12019139
ABSTRACT
We combined tissue culture and flow cytometry to assess the activities of various temperatures, chemicals, and disinfectants on the viability and infectivity of spores of Encephalitozoon intestinalis. Surfanios and benzalkonium chloride, disinfectants currently used in the hospital, were remarkably efficient in destroying spore viability and infectivity.
Subject(s)

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Encephalitozoon / Disinfectants Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Year: 2002 Document type: Article Affiliation country: France

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Encephalitozoon / Disinfectants Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Year: 2002 Document type: Article Affiliation country: France