Title	Do antiseptics and disinfectants select for antibiotic resistance?
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Author(s)	Suller MTE and Maillard J-Y.
Abstract/Summary	An editorial discussing the mechanisms of bacterial resistance to biocides and antibiotics, and to what extent they are similar. The article concludes that increased resistance to antiseptics and disinfectants is not a clinical problem at present. The issue as to whether low-level resistance to disinfectants is a selection factor for antibiotic-resistant strains in the clinical and domestic settings has yet to be settled. Journal of Medical Microbiology 1999;48:613-615.
Publisher	Journal of Medical Microbiology
Source	Journal of Medical Microbiology
Publication Type	Journal article
Category	Prevention
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Date of Publishing	01/01/99
Date of posting	01/29/2009