Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in the medical intensive care unit with CRAB endemicity

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1171-1177

  Chung, Yun Kyung ^a   Kim, Jae Seok ^a   Lee, Seung Soon ^a   Lee, Jeong A ^a   Kim, Han Sung ^a   Shin, Kyong Sok ^b   Park, Eun Young ^a   Kang, Bog Soun ^a   Lee, Hee Jung ^a   Kang, Hyun Joo ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Seegene Medical Foundation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; bacterial; Baths; Chlorhexidine gluconate; Drug resistance; Intensive care units

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATH; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; DISINFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATHS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946487068     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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