A gloves-associated outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit in Guangdong, China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ye, Dan ^a   Shan, Jinglan ^a   Huang, Yongbo ^a   Li, Jianchun ^a   Li, Changan ^a   Liu, Xiaoqing ^a   He, Weiqun ^a   Li, Yimin ^a   Mao, Pu ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Gloves; ICU; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; VERY ELDERLY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84928535019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0917-9     Document Type: Article

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