Management and control of a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 229-231

  Alfandari, S ^a   Gois, J ^a   Delannoy, P Y ^a   Georges, H ^a   Boussekey, N ^a   Chiche, A ^a   Meybeck, A ^a   Patoz, P ^a   Blondiaux, N ^a   Senneville, E ^a   Melliez, H ^a   Leroy, O ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Multidrug resistance; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; THROAT CULTURE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANAL CANAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FRANCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNX; PROCEDURES; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHARYNX; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 84901988025     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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