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Environmental contamination by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit
A S Levin1, S Gobara, C M Mendes
1Hospital Infection Control Department, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|February 15, 2002
Abstract:
Contamination in an intensive care unit caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii complex (MRAB)-colonized patients was evaluated using environmental and patient cultures. MRAB occurred in 21% of patients' cultures, 2.1% of 513 areas surrounding MRAB-patients, and one of 372 common areas. No transmission to other patients occurred. Barrier precautions and ethanol disinfection may prevent dissemination.