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Table 4 Difference in antiseptic susceptibility between S. epidermides and non-epidermides CoNS

From: Antiseptics and mupirocin resistance in clinical, environmental, and colonizing coagulase negative Staphylococcus isolates

Antiseptics

S. epidermidis

(N = 19)

Non-epidermidis CoNS.

(N = 6)

P value

Benzalkonium chloride (BC)

Sensitive N (%)

0

0

 

Resistant N (%)

19 (100)

6 (100)

 

Cetyltrimethyla mmonium

bromide (CTAB)

Sensitive N (%)

0

0

 

Resistant

N (%)

19 (100)

6 (100)

 

Chlorhexidine digluconate (CHDG)

Sensitive N (%)

5 (26.3)

1 (16.7)

 

Resistant N (%)

14 (73.7)

5 (83.3)

0.9

  1. CHDG resistance is defined as a MIC ≥ 4 µg/ml [18]; CTAB resistance is defined as a MIC ≥ 0.5 µg/ml [19], and BAC with a MIC > 3 µg/ml [6] was considered resistant
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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