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:
  Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents, Local Antibacterial Products Antibiotic Resistance Antimicrobial Drug Resistance Bacteria Child, Preschool Drug Resistance, Bacterial Family Characteristics Hand Hand Disinfection Household Household Products Humans Logistic Models Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Research Triclosan

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(10):1565-1570.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:69696cc1975aec8798a83c21ecf45225de681e88499a553f093591f0b8743274
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15792/cdc_15792_DS1.pdf
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