Detection of qacA/B in clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from a regional healthcare network in the eastern United States

Patrick McGann; Yoon I. Kwak; Amy Summers; James F. Cummings; Paige E. Waterman; Emil P. Lesho

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Detection of qacA/B in clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from a regional healthcare network in the eastern United States

Patrick McGann^*, Yoon I. Kwak, Amy Summers, James F. Cummings, Paige E. Waterman, Emil P. Lesho

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We describe the clinical, microbiologic, and molecular features of the first series of qacA/B-containing strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from infected US patients. All qac-carrying strains were clonally diverse, and qacA strains exhibited increased tolerance to chlorhexidine as measured by minimum inhibitory concentrations, minimum bactericidal concentrations, and postexposure colony counts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1116-1119
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	32
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/662380
State	Published - Nov 2011

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