Are isolation measures needed in the hospital management of Acinetobacter baumannii colonizations-infections?;L'isolement septique des patients colonisés-infectés par Acinetobacter baumannii est-il totalement superflu, utile ou indispensable ?

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Gbaguidi Haore, H ^a   Bertrand, X ^a   Muller, A ^a   Thouverez, M ^a   Talon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Isolation procedures

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HETEROZYGOTE; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; PATIENT ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646190143     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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