Environmental contamination because of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii surrounding colonized or infected patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 711-715

  Thom, Kerri A ^a   Johnson, J Kristie ^a   Lee, Mary S ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; environment; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VENTILATOR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80055081716     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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