Infrequent Isolation of Multiresistant Acinetobacter baumanniiFrom the Staff Tending a Colonized Patient With Severe Burns

Autor: Paavilainen, Teemu, Alanen, Markku, Mäkelä, Mika, Routamaa, Marianne, Järvinen, Helinä, Huovinen, Pentti, Kotilainen, Pirkko
Zdroj: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology; June 2001, Vol. 22 Issue: 6 p388-391, 4p
Abstrakt: AbstractA patient with severe burns who was colonized by multiresistant Acinetobacter baumanniiwas cared for in contact isolation by staff intensively trained on hospital hygiene. Of the 1,907 post-exposure cultures from the staff and 425 environmental samples, only 0.7% and 4%, respectively, yielded this microorganism. These data show that strict hygienic measures may limit staff colonization and contamination of the environment by A baumannii.
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