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Emerging Infectious Diseases. October 2005
Antibacterial Cleaning Products and Drug Resistance
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Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics. October 2005
Relationship of biocide use to antibiotic resistance

University of Manchester. October 2005
Laboratory Studies: Resistance / Cross-resistance Development in Microcosm Communities

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. June 2005
Triclosan inhibition of fatty acid synthesis and its effect on growth of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Environmental Science and Technology. May 2005
Formation of chloroform and chlorinated organics by free-chlorine-mediated oxidation of triclosan

American Journal of Infection Control. March 2005
Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. February 2005
The biocide triclosan selects Stenotrophomonas maltophilia mutants that overproduce the SmeDEF multidrug efflux pump
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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. August 2004
Relationship between triclosan and susceptibilities of bacteria isolated from hands in the community.

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. May 2004
Whither triclosan?
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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. April 2004
Reduced triclosan susceptibility in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Annals of Internal Medicine. March 2004
Effect of antibacterial home cleaning and handwashing products on infectious disease symptoms: a randomized, double-blind trial.

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. October 2003
State-of-the-art hand hygiene in community medicine

The Lancet Infectious Diseases. August 2003
Antibacterial cleaning and hygiene products as an emerging risk factor for antibiotic resistance in the community

Journal of Community Health. April 2003
Short- and long-term effects of handwashing with antimicrobial or plain soap in the community.

American Journal of Infection Control. April 2003
High-level triclosan resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is solely a result of efflux.

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. November 2002
Chloroxylenol- and triclosan-tolerant bacteria from industrial sources.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. November 2002
Triclosan Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
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Chemosphere. March 2002
Triclosan, a commonly used bactericide found in human milk and in the aquatic environment in Sweden

FEMS microbiology letters. August 2001
Triclosan: a widely used biocide and its link to antibiotics.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. February 2001
Cross-resistance between triclosan and antibiotics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is mediated by multidrug efflux pumps: exposure of a susceptible mutant strain to triclosan selects nfxB mutants overexpressing MexCD-OprJ.

Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2001
Antibacterial household products: cause for concern

Pediatric Infectious Disease. October 2000
Antibiotic and antiseptic resistance: impact on public health.

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. July 2000
Triclosan and antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference. 2000
Antibacterial Household Products: Cause for Concern
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Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association. 2000
Reports of the Council on Scientific Affairs (PDF)

Lancet. June 1991
Transferable resistance to triclosan in MRSA.