The in vitro activities of povidone iodine, potassium peroxymonosulfate, and dimethyldidecylammonium chloride were investigated against 379 nosocomial isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa responsible for surgical wound infections in patients operated on between July 1995 and June 2001. Overall, the isolates were inhibited by the antiseptics at concentrations below those used routinely. In spite of increasing resistance to the various antibiotics used to treat surgical wound infections, no significant variation in the susceptibility to antiseptics was demonstrated during this 6-year study.

Antiseptic compounds still active against bacterial strains isolated from surgical wound infections despite increasing antibiotic resistance / Giacometti, Andrea; Cirioni, Oscar; Greganti, G; Fineo, A; Ghiselli, Roberto; Del Prete, Ms; Mocchegiani, Federico; Fileni, B; Caselli, F; Petrelli, E; Saba, Vittorio; Scalise, Giorgio. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 0934-9723. - STAMPA. - 21:7(2002), pp. 553-556. [10.1007/s10096-002-0765-6]

Antiseptic compounds still active against bacterial strains isolated from surgical wound infections despite increasing antibiotic resistance.

GIACOMETTI, Andrea;CIRIONI, OSCAR;GHISELLI, ROBERTO;MOCCHEGIANI, FEDERICO;SABA, Vittorio;SCALISE, Giorgio
2002-01-01

Abstract

The in vitro activities of povidone iodine, potassium peroxymonosulfate, and dimethyldidecylammonium chloride were investigated against 379 nosocomial isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa responsible for surgical wound infections in patients operated on between July 1995 and June 2001. Overall, the isolates were inhibited by the antiseptics at concentrations below those used routinely. In spite of increasing resistance to the various antibiotics used to treat surgical wound infections, no significant variation in the susceptibility to antiseptics was demonstrated during this 6-year study.
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