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Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?
Anucha Apisarnthanarak1, Ploenpit Tantajina1, Pornpimol Laovachirasuwan1
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine , Thammasat University , Pathumthani , Thailand.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
|July 16, 2016
Abstract:
We evaluated the presence of air contamination with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in medical units where patients with CRAB pneumonia were hospitalized, and in Obstetrics and Gynecology units with open-air ventilation in-patient settings. There was no evidence of CRAB contamination in either of the units.