Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated in 1965 are more susceptible to triclosan than current isolates.

Since its introduction to the market in the 1970s, the synthetic biocide triclosan has had widespread use in household and medical products. Although decreased triclosan susceptibility has been observed for several bacterial species, when exposed under laboratory settings, no in vivo studies have as...

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Main Authors: Sissel Skovgaard, Lene Nørby Nielsen, Marianne Halberg Larsen, Robert Leo Skov, Hanne Ingmer, Henrik Westh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23614034/pdf/?tool=EBI