Control of Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in the neonatal intensive care unit in Latvia: whole-genome sequencing powered investigation and closure of the ward

BACKGROUND: Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging pathogen capable of causing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). It has the ability to survive on environmental surfaces for months, making transmission difficult to control. Our report describes the investigation and restriction of an outbreak of A...

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Autores principales: Gramatniece, A., Silamikelis, I., Zahare, Ie., Urtans, V., Zahare, Ir., Dimina, E., Saule, M., Balode, A., Radovica-Spalvina, I., Klovins, J., Fridmanis, D., Dumpis, U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6532256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31143444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0537-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6532256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31143444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0537-z

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