Reduced Chlorhexidine Susceptibility Is Associated with Tetracycline Resistance tet Genes in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli
Résumé
Chlorhexidine is a widely used antiseptic in hospital and community health care. Decreased susceptibility to this compound has been recently described in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa , together with cross-resistance to colistin.