Importation of Acinetobacter baumannii into a burn unit: A recurrent outbreak of infection associated with widespread environmental contamination

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 723-725

  Zanetti, Giorgio ^a   Blanc, Dominique S ^a   Federli, Isabelle ^a   Raffoul, Wassim ^a   Petignat, Christiane ^a   Maravic, Philippe ^a   Francioli, Patrick ^a   Berger, Mette M ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; INDONESIA; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TERRORISM;

EID: 34250769887     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517956     Document Type: Article

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