Environmental exposure to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii as a risk factor for patient Acquisition of A. baumannii

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 430-433

  Rosa, Rossana ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Depascale, Dennise ^b   Cleary, Timothy ^a   Kett, Daniel H ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a,b   Pizano, Louis ^a,b   Fajardo Aquino, Yovanit ^b   Silvia Munoz Price, L ^a  

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

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84895820735     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675601     Document Type: Article

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