Environmental contamination during a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 259-262

  Aygün, Gokhan ^a   Demirkiran, O ^a   Utku, T ^a   Mete, B ^a   Urkmez S ^a   Yilmaz, M ^a   Yasar H ^a   Dikmen, Y ^a   Ozturk R ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Carbapenem resistance; Environmental contamination; ICU

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HYPOCHLORITE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AIR POLLUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; STAFF TRAINING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TURKEY;

EID: 0036886665     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1300     Document Type: Article

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