Aerosolization of Acinetobacter baumannii in a trauma ICU

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1915-1918

  Munoz Price, L Silvia ^a,b   Fajardo Aquino, Yovanit ^b   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Cleary, Timothy ^a   DePascale, Dennise ^b   Pizano, Louis ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Rivera, Jesabel I ^c   O'Hara, Jessica A ^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

Acinetobacter species; Air contamination; ICU

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SECRETION (PROCESS); TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATIENTS' ROOMS; TRAUMA CENTERS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84880961190     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a39c0     Document Type: Article

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