Journal article
Burkholderia lata infections from intrinsically contaminated chlorhexidine Mouthwash, Australia, 2016
LEX Leong, D Lagana, GP Carter, Q Wang, K Smith, TP Stinear, D Shaw, V Sintchenko, SL Wesselingh, I Bastian, GB Rogers
Emerging Infectious Diseases | CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL | Published : 2018
Abstract
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.