A number of soap products sold nationwide are being recalled over concerns that using them could result in "serious and life-threatening infections."

DermaRite Industries voluntarily recalled antiseptic and antimicrobial soaps that it said could lead to infections on some open wounds and potentially "life-threatening sepsis" due to contamination with a group of bacteria called burkholderia cepacia complex.

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"In healthy individuals with minor skin lesions the use of the product will more likely result in local infections, whereas in immunocompromised individuals the infection is more likely to spread into [the] blood stream leading to life-threatening sepsis," the recall alert states.

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