Antiseptics and mupirocin resistance in clinical, environmental, and colonizing coagulase negative Staphylococcus isolates.

Enas Mamdouh HefzyTharwat E E RadwanBasma M M HozayenEman E MahmoudMahmoud A F Khalil

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2023)

CoNS isolates colonizing healthcare workers showed a high prevalence of antiseptic resistance genes, while clinical infection samples were more resistant to antibiotics. CHDG demonstrated greater efficacy than BC and CTAB in our hospital.

Keyphrases

healthcare
staphylococcus aureus
genetic diversity
emergency department
risk assessment
human health
acute care
adverse drug