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Antimicrobial activity of octenidine against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens

Alvarez-Marin, R. ; Aires-de-Sousa, Marta ; Nordmann, Patrice ; Kieffer, Nicolas ; Poirel, Laurent

In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2017, p. 1–5

Multidrug-resistant (MR) Gram-negative (GN) pathogens pose a major and growing threat for healthcare systems, as therapy of infections is often limited due to the lack of available systemic antibiotics. Well-tolerated antiseptics, such as octenidine dihydrochloride (OCT), may be a very useful tool in infection control to reduce the dissemination of MRGN. This study aimed to investigate the...