Isolation of chlorhexidine-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from clinical lesions

1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Vol. 15 (1) , 166-168
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.15.1.166-168.1982

Abstract

The chlorhexidine resistance of 317 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospital patients was determined. The distribution pattern of their susceptibility to chlorhexidine clearly revealed two peaks, and the frequency of resistance to chlorhexidine was 84.2%.

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