Investigation and management of an imipenem-resistant oxa-23 Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 430-436

  Garlantezec R ^a,b   Bourigault, C ^c   Boles, J M ^a,b   Prat, G ^a   Baron, R ^a   Tonnelier, J M ^a   Cosse, M ^a   Lefevre, M ^a   Jourdain, S ^a   Lelay, G ^a   Daniel, L ^a   Virmaux, M ^b   Le Du, I ^a   Tande, D ^a   Renault, A ^a,b   Lejeune, B ^a,b  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Imipenem resistance; Ventilated acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; SUMMER; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961026262     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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