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World J Clin Infect Dis. Aug 25, 2012; 2(4): 77-90
Published online Aug 25, 2012. doi: 10.5495/wjcid.v2.i4.77
Table 1 Demonstrated biocidal efficacy of copper
Hard surfaceSoft surfaceOtherRef.
Bacteria
Acinetobacter baumannii1+++[130,164] UR2
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii--+[93,94,165]
Acinetobacter johnsonii+--[105]
Acinetobacter lwoffii--+[166]
Bacillus cereus+-+[101,167-169]
Bacillus globigii--+[92]
Bacillus subtilis-++[165,169-175]
Bacillus macerans--+[176]
Brachybacterium conglomeratum+--[105]
Brevibacterium-+-UR
Campylobacter jejuni+--[129]
Citrobacter freundi--+[165,177]
Clostridium difficile+-+[93,97,98]
Clostridium tyrobutyricum--+[95]
Corynebacterium xerosis-+-UR
Deinococcus radiodurans+--[101]
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans--+[178]
Edwardsiella tarda--+[179]
Enterobacter aerogenes--+[168,180]
Enterobacter cloacae+++[127,128,168,175]
Enterococcus sp.1--+[93]
Enterococcus faecalis1+++[64,108,112,136,137,168,180]
Enterococcus faecium1+--[127,128,137,155,181]
Enterococcus gallinarum+--[137]
Enterococcus hirae+--[182]
Escherichia coli+++[64,100,101,105,108,109,112,127,128,133,139,147,155,165, 168-172,181,183-193]
Klebsiella pneumoniae+++[112,130,165,193-195]
Kocuria marina+--[105]
Kocuria palustris+--[105]
Legionella pneumophila+-+[93,140,159,196-198]
Listeria monocytogenes+++[64,140,180,199,200]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis1+--[130]
Micrococcus luteus++-[105,127,128] UR
Morganella morganii--+[177]
Pantoea stewartii+--[105]
Photobacterium leiognathi-+-[112]
Proteus mirabilis--+[194]
Proteus vulgaris--+[168]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa+++[112,127,128,130,144,164,167,168,171,172,175,201,202]
Pseudomonas fluorescens+--[199]
Pseudomonas nitroreducens--+[169]
Pseudomonas oleovorans+--[105]
Pseudomonas putita--+[203]
Pseudomonas striata+--[176]
Salmonella spp.+++[64,129,165,183]
Salmonella typhi+-+[141,174,177,190,194,203,204]
Salmonella typhimurium+--[141,142,199,201]
Sarcina lutea--+[167]
Serratia marcescens--+[171]
Shewanella putrefaciens+--[199]
Shigella dysenteriae--+[194]
Shigella flexnerii+-+[165,174,177,204]
Sphingomonas panni+--[105]
Staphylococcus aureus1+++[64,93,94,105,108,109,112,127,128,130,131,134,138,165,167-172, 175,181,184,199,200,205,206]
Staphylococcus epidermidis+++[105,168,191,195,207] UR
Staphylococcus haemolyticus+--[105]
Staphylococcus hominis+--[105]
Staphylococcus warnerii+--[105]
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia--+[164]
Streptococcus faecalis-+-[175]
Streptococcus pyogenes--+[168]
Streptococcus sp.--+[165,208]
Vibrio cholerae1+-+[141,190,209]
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis--+[180]
Xanthomonas compestris--+[202]
Fungi/Yeast
Alternaria brassicae--+[202]
Aspergillus bransilensis-+-UR
Aspergillus carbonarius--+[210]
Aspergillus flavus+-+[96,172,203,204]
Aspergillus fumigatus+-+[96,211]
Aspergillus niger+++[96,114,172,202,211-214]
Aspergillus oryzae--+[212]
Candida albicans+++[64,96,104,108,109,112-114,130,168,169,173,193,204,211,214,215]
Candida glabrata--+[168,180,194,204]
Candida krusei--+[168]
Candida parapsilosis--+[168]
Candida tropicalis--+[168,180]
Cronobacter sakazakii--+[216]
Cryptococcus neoformans--+[211]
Culvularia lunata--+[195]
Epidermophyton floccosum--+[211]
Fusarium culmonium+--[96]
Fusarium oxysporium+-+[96,202]
Fusarium solani+-+[96,195,204]
Microsporum canis--+[204,211]
Myrothecium verrucaria--+[212]
Penicillium chrysogenum+--[96]
Pleurotus ostreatus--+[185]
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus--+[185]
Rhizoctonia bataicola--+[195,203]
Rhizoctonia solani--+[213]
Rhizopus stolonifer--+[203]
Saccharomyces cerevisiae+-+[103,104,169,217]
Torulopsis pintolopesii--+[215]
Trichoderma viride--+[212]
Trichophyton longifusus--+[204]
Trichophyton mentagrophytes-++[113,114,194,212]
Tricophyton rubrum-++[113,211]
Tricophyton schoenleinii--+[194]
Virus
Avian influenza-++[111,205]
Adenovirus type 1++-[99,218]
Bacteriophages--+[219-223]
Coxsackie virus types B2 and B4+--[218]
Cytomegalovirus-+-[99]
Echovirus 4+--[218]
Herpes simplex virus--+[219,220]
Human immunodeficiency virus-++[99,108,110,224]
Infectious bronchitis virus--+[225]
Influenza A++-[99,111,135]
Junin virus--+[220]
Measles-+-[99]
Parainfluenza 3-+-[99]
Poliovirus+-+[222,226]
Pichinde-+-[99]
Punta Toro-+-[99]
Respiratory syncytial virus-+-[99]
Rhinovirus 2-+-[99]
Simian rotavirus SA11+--[218]
Vaccinia-+-[99]
West nile virus-+-[108]
Yellow fever-+-[99]
1Tested also against antibiotic resistant pathogens;
2Unpublished data.
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