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简介：Inthepastdecade,usesofantisepticsanddisinfectantsinhospitalsandotherhealthcarecentersarerathercommon,butthechancetodevelopresistancetoantisepticsanddisinfectantsisalsoincreased.Acinetobacterbaumanniiisoneoftheopportunisticbacteriainvolvinginthenosocomialinfection.Inthepresentstudy,thecorrelationoftheantisepticresistanceinA.baumanniiandtheantisepticresistancegeneqacEΔ1wasinvestigatedbymeansofdeterminationofMICs.Meanwhile,theMICsofglutaraldehyde,chlorhexidine,benzalkoniumbromide,iodophorandtrichloroisocyanurateto80clinicalisolatesofA.baumanniiweredetectedbytubedilutionassayandtheresistancegenesintI1andqacEΔ1intheseisolateswereamplifiedbyPCRandverifiedbyDNAsequencer.ItwasfoundthattheMIC50forthese5antisepticstestedwere32,8,8,4and1μg/mlrespectively,andthedetectionratesofintI1andqacEΔ1genewere60.0%and77.6%respectively.Inaddition,55%ofthe80isolatessimultaneouslypossessedbothintllandqacEΔ1gene,andthepercentageofantisepticresistanceofA.baumanniicarringbothgenestobenzalkoniumbromidewerehigherthanthatwithoutthesetwogenes,however,therewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenintllandqacEΔ1gene.Theresultinbactericidalefficiencyassayindicatedthatchlorhexidinecouldstillproducerapidandstrongbactericidaleffectatconcentrationof1MICafter10minexposure.TheseresultssuggestthattheantisepticresistanceofA.baumanniitovariousantisepticsiscorrelatedwiththepresenceoftheantisepticresistancegenesqacEΔ1inbacteria,thuswarningthattheincreaseoftheantisepticresistanceshouldnotbeignoredandtherelativehighconcentrationorprolongedapplicationtimeisrequiredtoachieveasufficientbactericidaleffect.

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