Antibacterial Cleaning Products and Drug Resistance

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Aiello, Allison E. ; Marshall, Bonnie ; Levy, Stuart B. ; Della-Latta, Phyllis ; Lin, Susan X. ; Larson, Elaine
• Description:
  We examined whether household use of antibacterial cleaning and hygiene products is an emerging risk factor for carriage of antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria on hands of household members. Households (N = 224) were randomized to use of antibacterial or nonantibacterial cleaning and hygiene products for 1 year. Logistic regression was used to assess the influence of antibacterial product use in homes. Antibacterial product use did not lead to a significant increase in antimicrobial drug resistance after 1 year (odds ratio 1.33, 95% confidence interval 0.74-2.41), nor did it have an effect on bacterial susceptibility to triclosan. However, more extensive and longer term use of triclosan might provide a suitable environment for emergence of resistant species. Further research on this issue is needed.
• Subjects:
  • Research
  • Antibacterial products
  • triclosan
  • antibiotic resistance
  • antimicrobial drug resistance
  • household
  • research
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(10):1565-1570.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15792/cdc_15792_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 150.81 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:69696cc1975aec8798a83c21ecf45225de681e88499a553f093591f0b8743274