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Chlorhexidine gluconate usage is associated with antiseptic tolerance in staphylococci from the neonatal intensive care unit

BACKGROUND: Intravascular catheters are essential for care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) but predispose infants to catheter-associated infections including late-onset sepsis, commonly caused by CoNS. Antiseptics are applied to prevent infection with chlorhexidine (CHG) and octenidine (OCT...

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Autores principales: Sethi, Dheeraj K, Felgate, Heather, Diaz, Maria, Faust, Kirstin, Kiy, Cemsid, Clarke, Paul, Härtel, Christoph, Rupp, Jan, Webber, Mark A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8599896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34806010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlab173