Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Lebanese intensive care unit: Risk factors for acquisition and determination of a colonization score

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-53

  Moghnieh, R ^a,b,c   Siblani, L ^b   Ghadban, D ^a   El Mchad, H ^d   Zeineddine, R ^a   Abdallah, D ^c   Ziade, F ^b   Sinno, L ^c   Kiwan, O ^a   Kerbaj, F ^a,b   El Imad, Z ^a,b  

^a Ain Wa Zein Hospital   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c MAKASSED GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^d BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Colonization score; Extensive drug resistance; Infection prevention; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEBANESE; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH TUBE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84952977219     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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