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Table 3. Community-level studies of the relationship between exposure to triclosan in home hygiene products and antibiotic resistance.<br />

Reference<br />

Cole et al. [43] 60 households; 8<br />

bacterial isolates<br />

(US, UK)<br />

Aiello et al. [44] 240 individuals;<br />

628 bacterial isolates<br />

(US)<br />

Sample size<br />

(location) Isolate source Organism(s) Antibiotics, no. Results<br />

Hands of 1–2 household members<br />

reporting use of antibacterial products vs.<br />

those reporting use of nonantibacterial<br />

products<br />

Hands of primary caregivers in households<br />

using antibacterial vs. nonantibacterial<br />

products<br />

Aiello et al. [45] 240 individuals (US) Hands of antibacterial vs. nonantibacterial<br />

user households<br />

Staphylococcus aureus 18 Comparable triclosan MICs among antibacterial vs. nonantibacterial<br />

user homes; a no patterns discerned with<br />

antibiotic susceptibilities<br />

Acinetobacter species,<br />

Enterobacter species,<br />

S. aureus,<br />

coagulase-negative<br />

staphylococcal species,<br />

Klebsiella species,<br />

Pseudomonas<br />

species<br />

Carriage of 1 antibiotic-resistant<br />

organism b<br />

8 Not statistically significant: several staphylococcal species<br />

showed reduced susceptibility to triclosan<br />

… Not statistically significant<br />

a This study did not assess statistical significance because the number of final isolates for analysis was limited. Other bacterial isolates obtained in this study were from environmental sources within the<br />

household and are not presented here. The authors reported that the results for the environmental isolates also showed no evidence of cross-resistance.<br />

b The organisms were the same as those listed for Aiello et al. [44].

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