Chlorhexidine whole-body washing of patients reduces methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and has a direct effect on the distribution of the ST5-MRSA-II (New York/Japan) clone.

CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that the CXG bathing favored the reduction of healthcare-associated MRSA isolates and a temporary reduction of the predominant ST5-MRSA-II (New York/Japan) clone. PMID: 28590235 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - June 8, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Velázquez-Meza ME, Mendoza-Olazarán S, Echániz-Aviles G, Camacho-Ortiz A, Martínez-Reséndez MF, Valero-Moreno V, Garza-González E Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research