Association between chlorhexidine gluconate concentrations and resistant bacterial bioburden on skin | Zendy

Gita Nadimpalli | Zendy; Lyndsay M. O’Hara | Zendy; Surbhi Leekha | Zendy; David P. Calfee | Zendy; Loren G. Miller | Zendy; Lisa Pineles | Zendy; Natalia Blanco | Zendy; J. Kristie Johnson | Zendy; Anthony D. Harris | Zendy

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Association between chlorhexidine gluconate concentrations and resistant bacterial bioburden on skin

Author(s) -

Gita Nadimpalli,

Lyndsay M. O’Hara,

Surbhi Leekha,

David P. Calfee,

Loren G. Miller,

Lisa Pineles,

Natalia Blanco,

J. Kristie Johnson,

Anthony D. Harris

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

infection control and hospital epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1559-6834

pISSN - 0899-823X

DOI - 10.1017/ice.2019.265

Subject(s) - bioburden , chlorhexidine gluconate , enterococcus faecalis , enterococcus , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , chlorhexidine , vancomycin , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , bacteria , dentistry , biology , genetics

We studied the association between chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) concentration on skin and resistant bacterial bioburden. CHG was almost always detected on the skin, and detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus on skin sites was infrequent. However, we found no correlation between CHG concentration and bacterial bioburden.

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