Acinetobacter baumannii: Association between environmental contamination of patient rooms and occupant status

L. Silvia Munoz-Price; Nicholas Namias; Timothy Cleary; Yovanit Fajardo-Aquino; Dennise DePascale; Kristopher L. Arheart; Jesabel I. Rivera; Yohei Doi

doi:10.1086/670209

Acinetobacter baumannii: Association between environmental contamination of patient rooms and occupant status

L. Silvia Munoz-Price
, Nicholas Namias
, Timothy Cleary
, Yovanit Fajardo-Aquino
, Dennise DePascale
, Kristopher L. Arheart
, Jesabel I. Rivera
, Yohei Doi

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-520
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	34
Issue number	5 SPL
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/670209
Publication status	Published - 05-2013
Externally published	Yes

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