ASSIGNMENT 4

JOURNAL 1:
1. Journal Name Journal of Applied Toxicology
2. Year 2011
3. Volume 31
4. Issue -
5. Page Number (s) 285 - 311
6. DOI 10.1002/jat.1660
7. Type of Journal Review article
8. Title of Article Triclosan: environmental exposure, toxicity and mechanisms
of action
9. Authors Andrea B. Dann and Alice Hontela*
10. Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Alberta Water and
Environmental Science Bldg, 4401 University Dr. W.,
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K
3M4

11. Correspondence Author Alice Hontela (alice.hontela@uleth.ca)

12. Abstract

13. Keywords 1. Triclosan

2. Irgasan
3. Review
4. Levels
5. Exposure
6. Effects
7. Toxicity
8. Aquatic species
9. Mammals
10. Human

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 11. Endocrine disruption
12. Reproduction
14. Background

15. Citation Style (McMurry et al., 1998; Levy et al., 1999; Russell, 2004) …
16. Methods -
17. Results -
18. Discussion -
19. Conclusions

20. References Style

21. Competing -
Interests/Conflict of Interests
22. Authors’ Contributions -
23. Acknowledgements

24. Date of Received, Received: 23 September 2010, Revised: 25 December 2010,

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Accepted and Published
Online
25. Authors’ Citation
26. Tables/Figures
27. Journal Title Abbreviation
28. ISSN
29. Frequency
30. Publisher
31. Country of Publication
32. Subject Area
33. Cite Score
34. Running Title
Accepted: 25 December 2010, Published online in Wiley
Online Library: 1 April 2011
Dann and Hontela
Figure 1. The structural similarity of TCS to Bisphenol A,
Diethylstilbestrol, and the thyroid hormone thyroxine.
Table 1. Concentrations of triclosan (TCS) in the aquatic
environment.
Table 2. Concentrations of triclosan (TCS) in aquatic
organisms.
Table 3. Effects of triclosan (TCS) on freshwater (FW) and
marine (SW) organisms.
Table 4. Endocrine‐disrupting effects of triclosan (TCS).
J. Appl. Toxicol.
0260-437X
Bimonthly
Wiley-Blackwell
England
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: Toxicology
3.25
Triclosan: exposure, toxicity and mechanisms of action
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JOURNAL 2:

1. Journal Name BMC Research Notes

2. Year 2012
3. Volume 5
4. Issue -
5. Page Number (s) 43
6. DOI 10.1186/1756-0500-5-43
7. Type of Journal Short report
8. Title of Article High-level tolerance to triclosan may play a role in
Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotic resistance in
immunocompromised hosts: evidence from outbreak
investigation
9. Authors Silvia D’Arezzo1, Simone Lanini1,3*, Vincenzo Puro1,
Giuseppe Ippolito1 and Paolo Visca2
10. Affiliations 1
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro
Spallanzani”, I.R.C.C.S., Rome, Italy.
2
Department of Biology, University “Roma Tre”, Rome, Italy.
3
Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Ricerca pre-clinica, Istituto
Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, Via Portuense 292, 00149
Roma, Italia.
11. Correspondence Author Simone Lanini (simone.lanini@inmi.it)
12. Abstract

13. Keywords -

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14. Background

15. Citation Style [1], [2,3] …

16. Methods 1. Bacterial isolates
2. Disinfectants
3. Susceptibility tests for disinfectants
4. Determination of the bactericidal activity for
disinfectants
5. Adaptation to high triclosan concentration
6. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
17. Results 1. Susceptibility to triclosan and chlorhexidine
digluconate
2. Determination of the bactericidal activity for
disinfectants
3. Adaptation to triclosan results in increased levels of
antibiotic resistance
18. Discussion

19. Conclusions

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20. References Style

21. Competing
Interests/Conflict of Interests
22. Authors’ Contributions

23. Acknowledgements

24. Date of Received,

Accepted and Published
Online
25. Authors’ Citation
26. Tables/Figures
D’Arezzo et al.
Figure 1 Time-kill kinetics of P. aeruginosa L2 in MH broth
supplemented with chlorhexidine digluconate (product B,
upper panel) or triclosan (product A, lower panel) at given
concentrations
Table 1 Antibiotic susceptibility in unadapted and triclosan-
adapted P. aeruginosa

27. Journal Title Abbreviation BMC Res Notes

28. ISSN 1756-0500
29. Frequency Periodically
30. Publisher Springer Nature
31. Country of Publication England
32. Subject Area Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: General
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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33. Cite Score 1.54
34. Running Title -

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