Association between chlorhexidine gluconate concentrations and resistant bacterial bioburden on skin. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • 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.

publication date

  • October 11, 2019

Research

keywords

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Chlorhexidine
  • Skin

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6897301

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85073699428

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1017/ice.2019.265

PubMed ID

  • 31601280

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 40

issue

  • 12