Susceptibility to chlorhexidine and mupirocin among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates from a teaching hospital

ABSTRACT Despite the widespread use of chlorhexidine (CHX) to prevent infection, data regarding the in vitro action of CHX against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are limited. Clinical isolates from Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, identified during 2002/2003 and 2012/201...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Taniela Marli Bes, Lauro Perdigão-Neto, Roberta Ruedas Martins, Inneke Heijden, Priscila de Arruda Trindade, Gaspar Camilo, Debora Satie Nagano, Diego Mongelos, Ana Paula Marchi, Mariama Tomaz, Larissa Marques de Oliveira, Flavia Rossi, Anna Sara Levin, Silvia Figueiredo Costa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2021-04-01
Subjects:	MRSA Chlorhexidine resistance Mupirocin resistance Virulence Molecular profile
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652021000100216&tlng=en