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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 934-935Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318175d871
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Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; hypochlorite; bleach bath
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We tested in vitro hypochlorite (bleach) killing of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates to determine optimal concentration and duration. For all isolates maximal killing, >3-log decrease in colony forming units (CFU), was found after 5 minutes in 2.5 mu L/mL bleach. We estimate that 2.5 mu L/mL bleach is approximately one-half cup of bleach in one-quarter tub of water.
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