TY - JOUR AU - do Vale, Bruna Costa Moura AU - Nogueira, Acácia Gentil AU - Cidral, Thiago André AU - Lopes, Maria Carolina Soares AU - de Melo, Maria Celeste Nunes PY - 2019 DA - 2019/02/27 TI - Decreased susceptibility to chlorhexidine and distribution of qacA/B genes among coagulase-negative Staphylococcus clinical samples JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 199 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is a major public health problem. As a form of prevention and control, preparations of chlorhexidine are used extensively; however, the reduction of susceptibility to chlorhexidine has been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the susceptibility to chlorhexidine and the distribution of the qacA/B genes in 211 clinical isolates of coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS). SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3823-8 DO - 10.1186/s12879-019-3823-8 ID - do Vale2019 ER -