Open AccessIn Vitro Investigation of the Antibacterial Effect of Ketamine
Author(s) -
Sedef Göçmen,
Ünase Büyükkoçak,
Osman Çağlayan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.3109/2000-1967-211
Subject(s) - medicine , ketamine , in vitro , pharmacology , anesthesia , biochemistry , chemistry
Antibacterial activity of local anesthetics especially lidocaine has been shown previously. In this study, the antibacterial effect of ketamine, a general anesthetic agent was investigated.