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Susceptibility of antibiotic-resistant cocci to biocides
1 May 2002
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Biocide resistance has hitherto been a poorly studied subject, possibly due to the belief that such resistance was rare and clinically insignificant. Various recent findings, however, have underlined the importance of biocide resistance as a clinically relevant phenomenon. Outbreaks of biocide-resistant organisms in hospitals have been described and the genetic mechanism for resistance to quaternary ammonium...
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