The association between biocide tolerance and the presence or absence of qac genes among hospital-acquired and community-acquired MRSA isolates | Zendy

Karen Smith | Zendy; C. G. Gemmell | Zendy; Iain S. Hunter | Zendy

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The association between biocide tolerance and the presence or absence of qac genes among hospital-acquired and community-acquired MRSA isolates

Author(s) -

Karen Smith,

C. G. Gemmell,

Iain S. Hunter

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm395

Subject(s) - biocide , triclosan , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , efflux , micrococcaceae , biology , ammonium , antiseptic , multilocus sequence typing , acinetobacter baumannii , antibacterial agent , medicine , bacteria , gene , antibiotics , genotype , chemistry , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics , pathology , organic chemistry

The MBCs of three commonly used hospital biocides [containing quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), chlorhexidine gluconate and triclosan] were determined for clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, which were also screened for genes encoding Qac efflux pumps.

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