Differential environmental contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii based on the anatomic source of colonization

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 755-757

  Rosa, Rossana ^a   Depascale, Dennise ^b   Cleary, Timothy ^a   Fajardo Aquino, Yovanit ^b   Kett, Daniel H ^a   Silvia Munoz Price, L ^a,b  

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

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed rails; Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteria; Intensive care unit; Intravenous pumps

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; NONHUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; DEVICES; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RECTUM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RECTUM;

EID: 84903265998     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.016     Document Type: Article

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