Scientific article
English

Protracted outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii after intercontinental transfer of colonized patients

Published in

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 119-124

Publication date

2013

Abstract

To describe the course and management of a protracted outbreak after intercontinental transfer of 2 patients colonized with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB).

Keywords

  • Acinetobacter Infections/drug therapy/epidemiology/transmission
  • Acinetobacter baumannii/drug effects/isolation & purification
  • Carrier State/microbiology
  • Contact Tracing
  • Cross Infection/drug therapy/epidemiology/transmission
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • France/epidemiology
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Internationality
  • Patient Transfer
  • Travel

UNIGE affiliation entities

Not a UNIGE publication

Citation (ISO format)

LANDELLE, Caroline et al. Protracted outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii after intercontinental transfer of colonized patients. In: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2013, vol. 34, n° 2, p. 119–124. doi: 10.1086/669093

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0899-823X
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