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A nosocomial outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii originating from an intensive care unit.

M L Ling1, A Ang, M Wee, G C Wang.   

Abstract

An outbreak of a multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in February through September 1996 affected 103 patients in a regional hospital in Singapore. We describe the effectiveness of closure of the outbreak area and the importance of good teamwork in the management of the outbreak.

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Year:  2001        PMID： 11198024     DOI： 10.1086/501827

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol        ISSN： 0899-823X            Impact factor:   3.254


  11 in total

1.  Task force on management and prevention of Acinetobacter baumannii infections in the ICU.

Authors:  José Garnacho-Montero; George Dimopoulos; Garyphallia Poulakou; Murat Akova; José Miguel Cisneros; Jan De Waele; Nicola Petrosillo; Harald Seifert; Jean François Timsit; Jordi Vila; Jean-Ralph Zahar; Matteo Bassetti
Journal:  Intensive Care Med       Date:  2015-10-05       Impact factor: 17.440

2.  Use of adherence monitors as part of a team approach to control clonal spread of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a research hospital.

Authors:  Tara N Palmore; Angela V Michelin; Maryann Bordner; Robin T Odom; Frida Stock; Ninet Sinaii; Daniel P Fedorko; Patrick R Murray; David K Henderson
Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol       Date:  2011-10-26       Impact factor: 3.254

3.  Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Acinetobacter clinical isolates obtained from inmates of California correctional facilities.

Authors:  Galarah D Golanbar; Christopher K Lam; Yi-Ming Chu; Carla Cueva; Stephanie W Tan; Isba Silva; H Howard Xu
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2011-03-30       Impact factor: 5.948

4.  Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from nosocomial outbreaks in Los Angeles County, California.

Authors:  Sonya C Valentine; Deisy Contreras; Stephanie Tan; Lilian J Real; Sheena Chu; H Howard Xu
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2008-06-04       Impact factor: 5.948

5.  Nosocomial transmission of CTX-M-2 beta-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a neurosurgery ward.

Authors:  Noriyuki Nagano; Yukiko Nagano; Christophe Cordevant; Naohiro Shibata; Yoshichika Arakawa
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2004-09       Impact factor: 5.948

Review 6.  How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review.

Authors:  Axel Kramer; Ingeborg Schwebke; Günter Kampf
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2006-08-16       Impact factor: 3.090

7.  Multidrug Resistance of Acinetobacter Baumannii in Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria.

Authors:  G Odewale; O J Adefioye; J Ojo; F A Adewumi; O A Olowe
Journal:  Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp)       Date:  2016-09-29

8.  An intervention to control an ICU outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: long-term impact for the ICU and hospital.

Authors:  Eli Ben-Chetrit; Yonit Wiener-Well; Emil Lesho; Puah Kopuit; Chaya Broyer; Liora Bier; Marc V Assous; Shmuel Benenson; Matan J Cohen; Patrick T McGann; Erik Snesrud; Phillip D Levin
Journal:  Crit Care       Date:  2018-11-21       Impact factor: 9.097

9.  Detection of quinolone-resistance mutations of parC gene in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii in Iran.

Authors:  Bahareh Vakili; Farzin Khorvash; Hossein Fazeli; Moj Khaleghi
Journal:  J Res Med Sci       Date:  2014-06       Impact factor: 1.852

10.  Endemicity of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii Complex in an Intensive Care Unit in Malaysia.

Authors:  Amreeta Dhanoa; Ganeswrie Rajasekaram; Soo Sum Lean; Yuet Meng Cheong; Kwai Lin Thong
Journal:  J Pathog       Date:  2015-12-27
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