UROTROPINE AS A URINARY ANTISEPTIC.

Iodine as an Antiseptic

Polyhexanide - safety and efficacy as an antiseptic.

BACKGROUND Polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride/polyhexanide/polyaminopropyl biguanide (PHMB) is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic. This article discusses the use of the substance as an antiseptic. We summarise published data on its antimicrobial effect in vitro and its clinical effect and safety when used on skin, wounds and mucosa.MATERIAL AND METHOD A literature search was conducted...

On the Value of Urotropin as a Urinary Antiseptic with Especial Reference to Its Use in Typhoid Fever

In a previous number of this Journal t the writer published an article "Upon the Presence of the Typhoid Bacillus in the Urine," and, as the result of observations upon 38 cases of typhoid fever, drew the following conclusions: (1) Typhoid bacilli were demonstrated in 9 out of the 38 cases (about 25 per cent). (2) The bacilli, when demonstrated, were always present in large numbers, and in prac...

Development of Chlorhexidine Thermosensitive Gels as a Mouth Antiseptic

Chlorhexidine is a widely used antiseptic with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities. The aim of this research is to develop a chlorhexidine thermosensitive gel as a mouth antiseptic by using lutrol F127 as a gelling agent. Due to its thermosensitive properties, lutrol has a sol-gel transition ability to change from solution stage at low temperature to the viscous gel at high temperature...

Antiseptic Methods