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Room humidifiers as the source of Acinetobacter infections.

P W Smith, R M Massanari.   

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.

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Year:  1977        PMID: 576319

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  JAMA        ISSN: 0098-7484            Impact factor:   56.272


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