Decreased susceptibility to chlorhexidine and distribution of qacA/B genes among coagulase-negative Staphylococcus clinical samples.

Bruna Costa Moura do ValeAcácia Gentil NogueiraThiago André CidralMaria Carolina Soares LopesMaria Celeste Nunes de Melo

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Our results show that qacA/B genes are not restricted to strains expressing chlorhexidine resistance. Further studies are needed to understand how the expression of these genes occurs.

Keyphrases

genome wide
bioinformatics analysis
genome wide identification
escherichia coli
genome wide analysis
gene expression
binding protein
cystic fibrosis
case control