Journal article
Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Monoculture Biofilms of a Clinical Isolate of Enterococcus faecalis
Journal of endodontics, Vol.35(1), pp.95-97
2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2008.09.004
PMID: 19084133
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to create a monoculture biofilm of a clinical isolate of
Enterococcus faecalis and to determine susceptibility against four antimicrobial irrigants. Biofilms were subjected to 1-, 3-, and 5-minute exposures to one of the following irrigants: 6% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX) or one of two new products, <6% NaOCl with surface modifiers (Chlor-XTRA) or 2% CHX with surface modifiers (CHX-Plus™) (Vista Dental Products, Racine, WI). It was hypothesized that NaOCl and CHX would be equally effective and that addition of surface modifiers would improve bactericidal activity of the respective irrigants compared to the original formulations. Results indicate that 6% NaOCl and Chlor-EXTRA™ were significantly superior against
E. faecalis biolfilms compared to 2% CHX and CHX-Plus™ at all time points except five minutes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Monoculture Biofilms of a Clinical Isolate of Enterococcus faecalis
- Creators
- Anne E WilliamsonJared W CardonDavid R Drake
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of endodontics, Vol.35(1), pp.95-97
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.joen.2008.09.004
- PMID
- 19084133
- NLM abbreviation
- J Endod
- ISSN
- 0099-2399
- eISSN
- 1878-3554
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2009
- Academic Unit
- Endodontics; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984065982002771
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