Toothpaste ingredient linked to antibiotic resistance

Quinolone-resistant gyrase mutants demonstrate decreased susceptibility to triclosan – Journal of Antibiotic Chemotherapy (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Toothpaste ingredient linked to antibiotic resistance – NHS Choices (free) AND Antibiotic resistance linked to common household disinfectant triclosan – University of Birmingham, via Science Daily (free)

“”The worry is that this might happen in reverse and triclosan exposure might encourage growth of antibiotic resistant strains”. (from Science Daily)