An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital

We describe an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital. The suspected mechanism of transfer was an environmental source that persisted despite evacuation and terminal cleaning of the entire hospital, and transmitted through healthcare workers&...

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Autores principales: Gottesman, Tamar, Fedorowsky, Rina, Yerushalmi, Rebecca, Lellouche, Jonathan, Nutman, Amir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7794049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2021.100113
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author Gottesman, Tamar
Fedorowsky, Rina
Yerushalmi, Rebecca
Lellouche, Jonathan
Nutman, Amir
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description We describe an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital. The suspected mechanism of transfer was an environmental source that persisted despite evacuation and terminal cleaning of the entire hospital, and transmitted through healthcare workers' hands or equipment. This outbreak demonstrates that practices to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms must not be neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-77940492021-01-11 An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital Gottesman, Tamar Fedorowsky, Rina Yerushalmi, Rebecca Lellouche, Jonathan Nutman, Amir Infect Prev Pract Short Report We describe an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital. The suspected mechanism of transfer was an environmental source that persisted despite evacuation and terminal cleaning of the entire hospital, and transmitted through healthcare workers' hands or equipment. This outbreak demonstrates that practices to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms must not be neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elsevier 2021-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7794049/ /pubmed/34316574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2021.100113 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital
title An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital
title_full An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital
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title_short An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7794049/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2021.100113
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