Klebsiella oxytoca with reduced sensitivity to chlorhexidine isolated from a diabetic foot ulcer

In most hospitals, chlorhexidine is used as skin antiseptic prior to clinical procedures, in dressings and when bathing patients. We hereby report, for the first time, the isolation of a clinical Klebsiella oxytoca isolate with reduced sensitivity to chlorhexidine from a foot ulcer of a diabetic pat...

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Main Authors: Leila Vali, Ali A. Dashti, Sherief El-Shazly, Mehrez M. Jadaon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197121500082X