Acinetobacter baumannii infection was decreased by the structural renovation of a medical intensive care unit

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 328-334

  Nah, Seong Su ^a   Park, Yun Hee ^b   Chung, Joo Won ^b   Yoo, Sunmi ^c   Hong, Sang Bum ^d   Lim, Chae Man ^d   Koh, Younsuck ^d  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Environment design; Intensive care units; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886693560     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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