Prevalence of qacA/B Genes and Mupirocin Resistance Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates in the Setting of Chlorhexidine Bathing Without Mupirocin

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the frequency of qacA/B chlorhexidine tolerance genes and high-level mupirocin resistance among MRSA isolates before and after the introduction of a chlorhexidine (CHG) daily bathing intervention in a surgical intensive care unit (SICU). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort...

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Publicado en:Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Main Authors: Warren, David K., Prager, Martin, Munigala, Satish, Wallace, Meghan A., Kennedy, Colleen R., Bommarito, Kerry M., Mazuski, John E., Burnham, Carey-Ann D.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4833605/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26828094
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2016.1
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