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Adaptive bacterial response to low level chlorhexidine exposure and its implications for hand hygiene

Chlorhexidine digluconate (CHG) is commonly used in healthcare, e.g. in skin antiseptics, antimicrobial soaps, alcohol-based hand rubs and oral or wound antiseptics. Aim of the literature review was to evaluate the potential of bacteria to adapt to low level CHG exposure. A maximum 4fold MIC increas...

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Autor principal: Kampf, Günter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shared Science Publishers OG 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6600115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31294043
http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2019.07.683