Ozone fumigation successfully controlled and eradicated multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii from an intensive care unit
| Autor: | PB Nielsen, R Stümpfle, A Castello-Cortes, F Coogan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology business.industry Outbreak Acinetobacter Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine biology.organism_classification Intensive care unit Gaseous ozone law.invention law Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter Poster Presentation Colistin medicine Ozone fumigation business Intensive care medicine medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Critical Care |
| ISSN: | 1364-8535 |
| Popis: | The emergence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (MDRAB) poses a serious threat to patients on the ICU. The production of metallo-β-lactamase leaves colistin as the only therapeutic option. Outbreaks due to MDRAB can persist for months. Traditional decontamination methods fail to deal with this level of colonisation and contamination effectively. We tackled a recent outbreak of MDRAB effectively using gaseous ozone. To our knowledge it is the first time ozone has been used to control an outbreak of MDRAB. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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