Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?

We evaluated the presence of air contamination with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in medical units where patients with CRAB pneumonia were hospitalized, and in Obstetrics and Gynecology units with open-air ventilation in-patient settings. There was no evidence of CRAB contamina...

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Autores principales: Apisarnthanarak, Anucha, Tantajina, Ploenpit, Laovachirasuwan, Pornpimol, Weber, David J., Singh, Nalini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27419187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw124
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author Apisarnthanarak, Anucha
Tantajina, Ploenpit
Laovachirasuwan, Pornpimol
Weber, David J.
Singh, Nalini
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description We evaluated the presence of air contamination with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in medical units where patients with CRAB pneumonia were hospitalized, and in Obstetrics and Gynecology units with open-air ventilation in-patient settings. There was no evidence of CRAB contamination in either of the units.
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spelling pubmed-49427572016-07-14 Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital? Apisarnthanarak, Anucha Tantajina, Ploenpit Laovachirasuwan, Pornpimol Weber, David J. Singh, Nalini Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports We evaluated the presence of air contamination with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in medical units where patients with CRAB pneumonia were hospitalized, and in Obstetrics and Gynecology units with open-air ventilation in-patient settings. There was no evidence of CRAB contamination in either of the units. Oxford University Press 2016-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4942757/ /pubmed/27419187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw124 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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Apisarnthanarak, Anucha
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Weber, David J.
Singh, Nalini
Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?
title Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?
title_full Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?
title_fullStr Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?
title_full_unstemmed Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?
title_short Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?
title_sort is aerosalization a problem with carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii in thailand hospital?
topic Brief Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27419187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw124
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