Drug resistance studies with topical antiseptics

✍ Scribed by Herbert N. Prince; Walter S. Nonemaker; Richard C. Norgard; Daniel L. Prince

• Book ID: 102407968
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 393 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3549
• DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600671134

✦ Synopsis

Species of Proteus, Serratia, and Pseudomonas became resistant to chlorhexidine after five to eight transfers in vitro. Cross-resistance to benzalkonium chloride also was detected. Resistance to povidone-iodine was not encountered. Chlorhexidine resistance was stable after drug-free transfers of Serratia and Pseudomonas but was transitory for Proteus.