Outbreak of Acinetobacter spp. bloodstream infections in a nursery associated with contaminated aerosols and air conditioners

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 716-722

  Mcdonald, Lawrence C ^a   Walker, Mary ^b   Carson, Loretta ^a   Arduino, Matthew ^a   Aguero, Sonia M ^c   Gomez, Perry ^b   Mcneil, Percival ^b   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Princess Margaret Hospital Nassau   (Bahamas)

^c MS E69 ^*

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Airborne; Bacteremia; Nursery

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROWDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NURSERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031839180     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199808000-00011     Document Type: Article

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