Analysis of a panel of rapidly growing mycobacteria for resistance to aldehyde-based disinfectants

After several accounts across the globe of mycobacteria outbreaks associated with medical procedures and aldehyde disinfectants resistance, we undertook an analysis of mycobacteria isolated from patients seen in a hospital in the United States between 1994 and 2008 to determine prevalence of resista...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2014-08, Vol.42 (8), p.932-934
Main Authors: De Groote, Mary Ann, MD, Gibbs, Sara, BS, de Moura, Vinicius Calado Nogueira, MS, Burgess, Winona, DVM, Richardson, Kris, BS, Kasperbauer, Shannon, MD, Madinger, Nancy, MD, Jackson, Mary, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aldehydes
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Antiseptics
Bacteria
Biological and medical sciences
Disinfectants - pharmacology
Disinfection & disinfectants
Drug resistance
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Epidemics
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
General aspects
Glutaral - pharmacology
Glutaraldehyde
Humans
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - drug effects
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - isolation & purification
o-Phthalaldehyde - pharmacology
Ortho-phthalaldehyde
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
United States
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Summary:After several accounts across the globe of mycobacteria outbreaks associated with medical procedures and aldehyde disinfectants resistance, we undertook an analysis of mycobacteria isolated from patients seen in a hospital in the United States between 1994 and 2008 to determine prevalence of resistance to aldehyde-based disinfectants. Out of the 117 clinical isolates screened, 6 isolates belonging to the emerging Mycobacterium abscessus group were found to display significant levels of resistance to glutaraldehyde and ortho-phthalaldehyde.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.014