The impact of inadequate terminal disinfection on an outbreak of imipenem-resistant acinetobacter baumanniiin an intensive care unit

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Wei Lun ^a   Liang, Hsueh Wen ^a   Lee, Mei Feng ^a   Lin, Hsin Lan ^a   Lin, Yu Hsiu ^a   Chen, Chi Chung ^a,b   Chang, Ping Chin ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Chuang, Yin Ching ^a   Tang, Hung Jen ^a,c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PROCEDURES; TIME; TRANSMISSION;

ACINETOBACTER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; POLICY; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907577566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107975     Document Type: Article

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