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Phenotypic chlorhexidine and triclosan susceptibility in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Australia.
Pathology - 1 Oct 2017
Hughes C, Ferguson J
Abstract excerpt
Antiseptics such as chlorhexidine gluconate and triclosan are widely used in healthcare settings for both skin antisepsis and decolonisation of Staphylococcus aureus. We determined the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 198 methicillin susceptible and resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates to both chlorhexidine and triclosan using an agar dilution method. Of these, 10% (19/198) showed a raised...
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