Burkholderia lata Infections from Intrinsically Contaminated Chlorhexidine Mouthwash, Australia, 2016
- Leong, LEX
- Lagana, D
- Carter, GP
- Wang, Q
- Smith, K
- Stinear, TP
- Shaw, D
- Sintchenko, V
- Wesselingh, SL
- Bastian, I
- Rogers, GB
Publication date
November 2018
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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