Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols

Author:

Pidot Sacha J.1ORCID,Gao Wei1,Buultjens Andrew H.1ORCID,Monk Ian R.1ORCID,Guerillot Romain1ORCID,Carter Glen P.1,Lee Jean Y. H.1ORCID,Lam Margaret M. C.1,Grayson M. Lindsay234,Ballard Susan A.5,Mahony Andrew A.2,Grabsch Elizabeth A.2,Kotsanas Despina6,Korman Tony M.6ORCID,Coombs Geoffrey W.78,Robinson J. Owen78,Gonçalves da Silva Anders5ORCID,Seemann Torsten9ORCID,Howden Benjamin P.1235ORCID,Johnson Paul D. R.123ORCID,Stinear Timothy P.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

2. Infectious Diseases Department, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.

3. Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.

4. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.

5. Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

6. Monash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.

7. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.

8. Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.

9. Melbourne Bioinformatics, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia.

Abstract

The multidrug-resistant bacterium Enterococcus faecium has become increasingly tolerant to the alcohols in hospital disinfectants.

Funder

National Health and Medical Research Council

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

General Medicine

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