Co-operative inhibitory effects of hydrogen peroxide and iodine against bacterial and yeast species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hydrogen peroxide and iodine are powerful antimicrobials widely used as antiseptics and disinfectants. Their antimicrobial properties are known to be enhanced by combining them with other compounds. We studied co-operative inhibitory activities (synergism, additive effects and modes of growth inhibition) of hydrogen peroxide and iodine used concurrently against 3 bacterial and 16 yeast species.

Results

Synergistic or additive inhibitory effects were shown for hydrogen peroxide and iodine mixtures against all 19 species used in the study. Both biocides were mostly cidal individually and in mixtures against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Both compounds manifested static inhibitory effects individually, but their mixtures were synergistically cidal

SUBMITTER: Zubko EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3716994 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature