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Decreased susceptibility to chlorhexidine and distribution of qacA/B genes among coagulase-negative Staphylococcus clinical samples

BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is a major public health problem. As a form of prevention and control, preparations of chlorhexidine are used extensively; however, the reduction of susceptibility to chlorhexidine has been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the susce...

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Autores principales: do Vale, Bruna Costa Moura, Nogueira, Acácia Gentil, Cidral, Thiago André, Lopes, Maria Carolina Soares, de Melo, Maria Celeste Nunes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6391772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30813914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3823-8