Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of qacA- and qacB-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Causing Bloodstream Infections

The increasing use of chlorhexidine for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decolonization has raised concerns about the emergence of resistance to these agents. However, the clinical significance of MRSA positive for the qacA and qacB chlorhexidine tolerance genes has not been establ...

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Published in:Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Main Authors: Hong, Sun In, Lee, Yu-Mi, Park, Ki-Ho, Ryu, Byung-Han, Hong, Kyung-Wook, Kim, Sunjoo, Bae, In-Gyu, Cho, Oh-Hyun
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6437476/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30718251
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02157-18
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