Contamination of Ambient Air with Acinetobacter baumannii on Consecutive Inpatient Days. J Clin Microbiol 2015 Jul;53(7):2346-8
Date
05/01/2015Pubmed ID
25926496Pubmed Central ID
PMC4473202DOI
10.1128/JCM.00198-15Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84932625743 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 16 CitationsAbstract
Acinetobacter-positive patients had their ambient air tested for up to 10 consecutive days. The air was Acinetobacter positive for an average of 21% of the days; the rate of contamination was higher among patients colonized in the rectum than in the airways (relative risk [RR], 2.35; P = 0.006). Of the 6 air/clinical isolate pairs available, 4 pairs were closely related according to rep-PCR results.
Author List
Shimose LA, Doi Y, Bonomo RA, De Pascale D, Viau RA, Cleary T, Namias N, Kett DH, Munoz-Price LSMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Acinetobacter InfectionsAcinetobacter baumannii
Adult
Air Microbiology
Genotype
Humans
Inpatients
Longitudinal Studies
Molecular Typing
Rectum
Respiratory System