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Triclosan resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2009
Chen Yagang, Pi Borui, Zhou Hua, Yu Yunsong, Li Lanjuan
Abstract excerpt
The susceptibility to triclosan of 732 clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates obtained from 25 hospitals in 16 cities in China from December 2004 to December 2005 was screened by using an agar dilution method. Triclosan MICs ranged between 0.015 and 16 mg l(-1), and the MIC(90) was 0.5 mg l(-1), lower than the actual in-use concentration of triclosan. Twenty triclosan-resistant isolates (MICs >or=1 mg l(-1))...
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