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Prevalence and Microbiological Characteristics of <i>qacA/B-</i> Positive Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Isolates in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit
11 Aug 2017
Abstract excerpt
The increasing use of chlorhexidine for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decolonization has raised concerns about the emergence of resistance to or tolerance of this antiseptic. We examined the frequency and characteristics of qacA/B chlorhexidine tolerance genes among MRSA isolates in a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) where MRSA-colonized patients are decolonized by chlorhexidine bathing....
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