Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak: An investigation of the possible routes of transmission

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 386-391

  Cristina, M L ^a   Spagnolo, A M ^a   Cenderello, N ^b   Fabbri, P ^b   Sartini, M ^a   Ottria, G ^a   Orlando, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Outbreak; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH WORKER; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 84876983310     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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