Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii associated with extrinsic contamination of ultrasound gel in a tertiary centre burn unit

BACKGROUND: During 2011 and 2012, an increase in occurrence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections was recorded in the Shands Hospital Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU). An epidemic curve together with strain typing was consistent with an intermittent common source outbreak. An inve...

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Autores principales: Yagnik, Kruti J., Kalyatanda, Gautam, Cannella, Anthony P., Archibald, Lennox K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100009

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