Burkholderia lata infections from intrinsically contaminated chlorhexidine Mouthwash, Australia, 2016

Lex Leong, Diana Lagana, Glen P. Carter, Qinning Wang, Kija Smith, Timothy Paul Stinear, David Shaw, Vitali G. Sintchenko, Steven Lodewijk Wesselingh, Ivan B. Bastian, Geraint Berian Rogers

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Abstract

Burkholderia lata was isolated from 8 intensive care patients at 2 tertiary hospitals in Australia. Whole-genome sequencing demonstrated that clinical and environmental isolates originated from a batch of contaminated commercial chlorhexidine mouthwash. Genomic analysis identified efflux pump–encoding genes as potential facilitators of bacterial persistence within this biocide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2109-2111
Number of pages3
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume24
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2018

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