| Literature DB >> 576319 |
Abstract
Twenty-four patients contracted systemic infections with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus during a four-month period. Unheated room humidifiers at the patients' bedsides were implicated as the source of infection in six. The outbreak was terminated with the removal of the humidifers.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 576319
Source DB: PubMed Journal: JAMA ISSN: 0098-7484 Impact factor: 56.272