Antimicrobial activity of ropivacaine and other local anaesthetics

AYDIN O., Eyigor M., AYDIN N.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, cilt.18, sa.10, ss.687-694, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2001
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2001.00900.x
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.687-694
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: anaesthetics, local, ropivacaine, bupivacaine, prilocaine, lidocaine, microbiological phenomena, antibiosis, SPINAL-ANESTHESIA, LIDOCAINE, BUPIVACAINE, MENINGITIS, MIXTURES
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background and objective It is claimed that local anaesthetics have antimicrobial properties. Our aim was to investigate the antimicrobial effects of different concentrations of ropivacaine, bupivacaine, lidocaine and prilocaine on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans.