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Chlorhexidine Does Not Select for Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in a Community Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark D. Johnson ,
Carey D. Schlett ,
Greg A. Grandits ,
Katrin Mende ,
Timothy J. Whitman ,
David R. Tribble ,
Duane R. Hospenthal  and
Patrick R. Murray
Mark D. Johnson
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California
Carey D. Schlett
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Greg A. Grandits
Affiliation:
Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Katrin Mende
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland Infectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Timothy J. Whitman*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
David R. Tribble
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Duane R. Hospenthal
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Patrick R. Murray
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
*
Infectious Diseases Department, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889 (timothy.whitman@med.navy.mil)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2012 , pp. 1061 - 1063
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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