Management of a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit using novel environmental disinfection: A 38-month report

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-263

  La Forgia, Carlo ^a,b   Franke, John ^b   Hacek, Donna M ^c   Thomson Jr , Richard B ^a,c   Robicsek, Ari ^a,b   Peterson, Lance R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^c Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; environmental disinfection; health care associated infection; multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MOISTURE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHICAGO; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

EID: 77951976306     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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