TY - JOUR
T1 - Acinetobacter baumannii
T2 - Association between environmental contamination of patient rooms and occupant status
AU - Munoz-Price, L. Silvia
AU - Namias, Nicholas
AU - Cleary, Timothy
AU - Fajardo-Aquino, Yovanit
AU - DePascale, Dennise
AU - Arheart, Kristopher L.
AU - Rivera, Jesabel I.
AU - Doi, Yohei
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - We aimed to determine the association between the presence of Acinetobacter baumannii in patient rooms and the carrier status of the occupants. Fifty-six (39%) of 143 rooms with A. baumannii- positive patients had results positive for A. baumannii. Only 49 (10%) of 485 rooms with A. baumannii-negative patients were positive (odds ratio, 5.72[95%confidence interval,3.66-8.96];P <.0001).Clinical and environmental isolates shared pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns.
AB - We aimed to determine the association between the presence of Acinetobacter baumannii in patient rooms and the carrier status of the occupants. Fifty-six (39%) of 143 rooms with A. baumannii- positive patients had results positive for A. baumannii. Only 49 (10%) of 485 rooms with A. baumannii-negative patients were positive (odds ratio, 5.72[95%confidence interval,3.66-8.96];P <.0001).Clinical and environmental isolates shared pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns.
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U2 - 10.1086/670209
DO - 10.1086/670209
M3 - Article
C2 - 23571370
AN - SCOPUS:84876096918
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 34
SP - 517
EP - 520
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 5 SPL
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