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. 2014 Aug;58(8):4404–4410. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02419-14

TABLE 2.

Genotypic chlorhexidine resistance for individual subjects

Subjecta Study group Specimen type Time to isolate collection (days) Isolate collection date PFGE type mupAb Chlorhexidine MIC (μg/ml)
A Chlorhexidine Clinical 49 October 2010 USA300 No 2
B Chlorhexidine Clinical 96 September 2011 USA300 No 2
C Standard Clinical 42 March 2011 USA300 Yes 4
D Standard Clinical 42 March 2011 USA300 Yes 4
E Standard Clinical 6 September 2011 USA300 Yes 2
D Standard Colonizing 42 March 2011 USA300 Yes 2
F Standard Colonizing 38 July 2010 USA300 No 1
G Standard Colonizing 17 July 2010 USA300 No 2
H Enhanced standard Colonizing 38 July 2010 USA300 No 1
I Chlorhexidine Colonizing 82 September 2011 USA300 No 2
a

Subjects C and D were from the same training company, and subjects B and I were from the same training company.

b

All isolates with mupA demonstrated high-level resistance (>1,024 μg/ml) by Etest.