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Brief Report Bactericidal Effects of Antiseptics and Disinfectants Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Hiroyoshi Kobayashi ,
Masakazu Tsuzuki  and
Kazunari Hosobuchi
Hiroyoshi Kobayashi*
Affiliation:
Surgical Center, the University of Tokyo Hospital
Masakazu Tsuzuki
Affiliation:
Surgical Center, the University of Tokyo Hospital
Kazunari Hosobuchi
Affiliation:
Tokyo Metropolitan Isotope Research Center
*
Surgical Center, University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-Ku, Japan, 113
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been causing a large number of serious hospital infections in some of the major hospitals in Japan. Among the precautions to prevent MRSA infection in hospitals, antisepsis or disinfection is one of the most universal. The in vitro activities of commonly used antiseptics and disinfectants against several strains of MRSA isolated in the University of Tokyo Hospital were evaluated.

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Original Articles
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 10 , Issue 12 , December 1989 , pp. 562 - 564
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1989

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