Affiliations 

  • 1 Geneva University Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2 Hospital Buloh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Leeds Teaching Hospitals and University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  • 4 Leeds Teaching Hospitals and University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Electronic address: mark.wilcox@leedsth.nhs.uk
J Hosp Infect, 2014 Aug;87(4):194-202.
PMID: 24996517 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.04.012

Abstract

Given the breadth and depth of antiseptic use, it is surprising how few large-scale studies have been undertaken into the consequences of their use, particularly in clinical practice. Depending on your point of view, this may either reflect an assurance that reduced susceptibility to antiseptics, and notably whether this confers cross-resistance to systemically administered antimicrobial agents, is not an issue of concern, or relative ignorance about the potential threat.

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