Clinical impact of and microbiological risk factors for qacA/B positivity in ICU-acquired ST5-methicillin-resistant SCCmec type II Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Clinical impact of and microbiological risk factors for qacA/B positivity in ICU-acquired ST5-methicillin-resistant SCCmec type II Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Abstract Concern about resistance to chlorhexidine has increased due to the wide use of the latter. The impact of the qacA/B and smr chlorhexidine tolerance genes on the outcome of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections is unclear. We evaluated the prevalence and clinical impa...

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Main Authors: Haein Kim, Sunghee Park, Hyeonji Seo, Hyemin Chung, Eun Sil Kim, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim, Seongman Bae, Jiwon Jung, Min Jae Kim, Sung-Han Kim, Sang-Oh Lee, Sang-Ho Choi, Yang Soo Kim, Yong Pil Chong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15546-3

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