| Autor: |
J, Perapoch López, S, Salcedo Abizanda, A, Gallart Catalá, G, Peguero Monforte, M, Casellas Caro, C, Barroso Pérez, F, Fernández Pérez, V, Rodríguez Garrido |
| Rok vydání: |
1993 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Anales espanoles de pediatria. 39(3) |
| ISSN: |
0302-4342 |
| Popis: |
We report the results of a prospective study in which the effectiveness of 70% alcohol (A), mercurochrome (M), a solution of alcohol and mercurochrome (AM) and 1% chlorhexidine (C) as umbilical antiseptics was tested on 311 normal newborn infants. Similar results were obtained by using A, M, or AM; however, when C was used umbilical colonization was significantly reduced as compared to when the other three antiseptic agents were used. The umbilical cords that had been scrubbed with A, M or AM were detached by the 8th day after birth, whereas those treated with C took 14 days to fall off. The use of chlorhexidine resulted in a marked increase in pure cultures positive for Gram negative bacteria (Proteus spp. and Pseudomonas spp.) which was not the case with the other three antiseptics tested. |
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