title: Antimicrobial efficiency of some antiseptic products on endodontic microflora isolated from gangrenous pulp tissue.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims of the study are to investigate the bactericidal effect of three antiseptics (chlorhexidine solution, povidone-iodine solution, and Walkhoff solution) and to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration and their effect on different microbial species.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was performed on microflora derived from root canals with simple and complicated pulp gangrene and on pure strains of Enterococcus and Candida albicans.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine proved to have antibacterial and antifungal effects if used in the treatment of pulp gangrene and in cases not responding to conventional therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the obtained results, the spectrum of antibacterial agents used in infected canal irrigation can be enlarged to include the agents tested.
authors.affiliation: Al Maidan Dental Clinic in Kuwait. shurrabmahmoud@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mahmoud Yousif
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Shurrab
mesh_terms: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002164:Camphor / Q000494:pharmacology; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D011206:Povidone-Iodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D002733:Chlorophenols; D004338:Drug Combinations; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants; D002164:Camphor; C029804:camphorated parachlorophenol; D011206:Povidone-Iodine; C010882:chlorhexidine gluconate; D002710:Chlorhexidine