Acinetobacter baumannii: Association between environmental contamination of patient rooms and occupant status

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5 SPL, 2013, Pages 517-520

  Munoz Price, L Silvia ^a,b   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Cleary, Timothy ^a   Fajardo Aquino, Yovanit ^b   DePascale, Dennise ^b   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Rivera, Jesabel I ^c   Doi, Yohei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERTAPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BEDS; CARRIER STATE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RECTUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84876096918     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670209     Document Type: Article

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