| Literature DB >> 25087149 |
Mary Ann De Groote1, Sara Gibbs1, Vinicius Calado Nogueira de Moura1, Winona Burgess1, Kris Richardson2, Shannon Kasperbauer3, Nancy Madinger2, Mary Jackson4.
Abstract
After several accounts across the globe of mycobacteria outbreaks associated with medical procedures and aldehyde disinfectants resistance, we undertook an analysis of mycobacteria isolated from patients seen in a hospital in the United States between 1994 and 2008 to determine prevalence of resistance to aldehyde-based disinfectants. Out of the 117 clinical isolates screened, 6 isolates belonging to the emerging Mycobacterium abscessus group were found to display significant levels of resistance to glutaraldehyde and ortho-phthalaldehyde.Entities:
Keywords: Glutaraldehyde; Ortho-phthalaldehyde
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25087149 PMCID: PMC4121594 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Infect Control ISSN: 0196-6553 Impact factor: 2.918