Outbreak of a susceptible strain of Acinetobacter species 13 (sensu Tjernberg and Ursing) in an adult neurosurgical intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-95

  Van Dessel, H ^a   Kamp Hopmans, T E M ^a   Fluit, A C ^a   Brisse, S ^a   de Smet, A M G A ^a   Dijkshoorn, L ^b   Troelstra, A ^a   Verhoef, J ^a   Mascini, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Acinetobacter DNA group 13TU; Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis; Automated ribotyping; Intensive care unit; Outbreak; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 0036598397     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1212     Document Type: Article

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