Chlorine Dioxide Is a Size-Selective Antimicrobial Agent

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Zoltán Noszticzius · Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Mária Wittmann · Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Kristóf Kály‐Kullai · Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Zoltán Beregvári · Jósa András Múzeum

István Kiss · Szent Imre Egyetemi Oktatókórház

László Rosivall · Semmelweis University

János Szegedi

Abstract

Selectivity of ClO2 between humans and bacteria is based not on their different biochemistry, but on their different size. We hope initiating clinical applications of this promising local antiseptic.

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Antimicrobial agents and applications Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

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Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 8, Issue 11, pp. e79157-e79157

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079157

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Chlorine Dioxide Is a Size-Selective Antimicrobial Agent

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