Resistance or adaptation? How susceptible is a 'glutaraldehyde-resistant' Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate in the absence of selection pressure?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 316-318

  Kampf, G ^a,b   Ostermeyer, C ^a   Tschudin Sutter, S ^c   Widmer, A F ^c  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Glutaraldehyde; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Resistance

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION; GLUTARALDEHYDE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESISTANCE;

DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; GLUTARAL; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SERIAL PASSAGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880605691     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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