PERSONAL CARE ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING ATTACHMENT OF YEAST TO SKIN

• Main Author: KOENIG, DAVID, W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 11.12.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROSTHESES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A personal care article including an isoprenoid compound, and a method of inhibiting attachment of pathogenic fungi to skin using an isoprenoid compound in combination with a personal care article. The isopreniod compound may be farnesol, which is particularly effective against the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. L'invention concerne un article de soin personnel à base d'isoprénoïde, ainsi qu'un procédé qui empêche l'adhérence des champignons pathogènes à la peau grâce à l'isoprénoïde associé à un article de soin personnel. L'isoprénoïde peut être du farnesol, lequel est particulièrement efficace contre les champignons pathogènes Candida albicans.