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High Prevalence of Reduced Chlorhexidine Susceptibility in Organisms Causing Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Nuntra Suwantarat ,
Karen C. Carroll ,
Tsigereda Tekle ,
Tracy Ross ,
Lisa L. Maragakis ,
Sara E. Cosgrove  and
Aaron M. Milstone
Nuntra Suwantarat*
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Karen C. Carroll
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Microbiology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Tsigereda Tekle
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Tracy Ross
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Lisa L. Maragakis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Sara E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Aaron M. Milstone
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Meyer B1-193, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287 (nsuwant1@jhmi.edu).
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In units that bathe patients daily with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), organisms causing central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) were more likely to have reduced CHG susceptibility than organisms causing CLABSIs in units that do not bathe patients daily with CHG (86% vs 64%; P = .028). Surveillance is needed to detect reduced CHG susceptibility with widespread CHG use.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(9):1183-1186

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 9 , 01 September 2014 , pp. 1183 - 1186
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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