Susceptibility of nosocomial staphylococcus aureus to chlorhexidine after implementation of a hospital-wide antiseptic bathing regimen

Cole T. Marolf; Roxanne Alter; Elizabeth Lyden; Paul D. Fey; Mark E. Rupp

doi:10.1017/ice.2017.80

Susceptibility of nosocomial staphylococcus aureus to chlorhexidine after implementation of a hospital-wide antiseptic bathing regimen

Cole T. Marolf, Roxanne Alter, Elizabeth Lyden, Paul D. Fey, Mark E. Rupp

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Hospital use of chlorhexidine (CHX) containing antiseptics to decrease nosocomial infections may promote CHX resistance among pathogenic organisms. Nosocomial bloodstream-infecting Staphylococcus aureus isolates from before and after adoption of hospital-wide CHX bathing were tested for CHX susceptibility, and no decreased susceptibility or resistance-promoting genes were discovered.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	873-875
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	38
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.80
State	Published - Jul 1 2017

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Susceptibility of nosocomial staphylococcus aureus to chlorhexidine after implementation of a hospital-wide antiseptic bathing regimen

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