Long-term control of hospital-wide, endemic multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii through a comprehensive "bundle" approach

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 715-722

  Rodríguez Baño, Jesús ^a   García, Lola ^a   Ramírez, Encarnación ^a   Martínez Martínez, Luis ^a   Muniain, Miguel A ^a   Fernández Cuenca, Felipe ^a   Beltrán, Margarita ^a   Gálvez, Juan ^a   Rodríguez, Jose M ^a   Velasco, Carmen ^a   Morillo, Concepción ^a   Perez, Federico ^b   Endimiani, Andrea ^b   Bonomo, Robert A ^b   Pascual, Alvaro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EDUCATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249140286     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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