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Chlorhexidine Resistance in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated From the Surfaces of Dispensers of Soap Containing Chlorhexidine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Steven E. Brooks ,
Mary A. Walczak ,
Rizwanullah Hameed  and
Patrick Coonan
Steven E. Brooks*
Affiliation:
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Mary A. Walczak
Affiliation:
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Rizwanullah Hameed
Affiliation:
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Patrick Coonan
Affiliation:
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
*
Department of Infection Control/Chief, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, 585 Schenectady Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203
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Abstract

Bacterial contamination with pan-resistant Acinetobacter and Klebsiella, multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was noted on the surfaces of dispensers of hand soap with 2% chlorhexidine. Gram-negative isolates could multiply in the presence of 1% chlorhexidine. In contrast, MRSA was inhibited in vitro by chlorhexidine at concentrations as low as 0.0019%.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 11 , November 2002 , pp. 692 - 695
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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