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Detecting carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) carriage: Which body site should be cultured?
We compared the yield of culturing various body sites to detect carriage of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB). Culturing the skin using a premoistened sponge, with overnight enrichment and plating on CHROMagar MDR Acinetobacter, had the highest yield: 92%. Skin is satisfactory as a...
Autores principales: | Nutman, Amir, Temkin, Elizabeth, Lellouche, Jonathan, Ben David, Debby, Schwartz, David, Carmeli, Yehuda |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7511923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32618523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.197 |
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