Resistance or adaptation? How susceptible is a 'glutaraldehyde-resistant' Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate in the absence of selection pressure?
G Kampf, C Ostermeyer, S Tschudin-Sutter, A F Widmer
Bode Science Center, Bode Chemie GmbH, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany. guenter.kampf@bode-chemie.de
The Journal of hospital infection 2013 AugThe activities of glutaraldehyde solution and an instrument disinfectant based on glutaraldehyde on a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate with reduced susceptibility to glutaraldehyde after the first and fifth passages were determined using three concentrations and temperatures. No significant difference was found between the first and fifth passages so phenotypic adaptation is unlikely. Copyright © 2013 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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G Kampf, C Ostermeyer, S Tschudin-Sutter, A F Widmer. Resistance or adaptation? How susceptible is a 'glutaraldehyde-resistant' Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate in the absence of selection pressure? The Journal of hospital infection. 2013 Aug;84(4):316-8
PMID: 23831280
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