Infrequent Air Contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii of Air Surrounding Known Colonized or Infected Patients

Clare Rock; Anthony D. Harris; J. Kristie Johnson; Werner E. Bischoff; Kerri A. Thom

doi:10.1017/ice.2015.68

Infrequent Air Contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii of Air Surrounding Known Colonized or Infected Patients

Clare Rock, Anthony D. Harris, J. Kristie Johnson, Werner E. Bischoff, Kerri A. Thom

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Abstract

Using a validated air sampling method we found Acinetobacter baumannii in the air surrounding only 1 of 12 patients known to be colonized or infected with A. baumannii. Patients' closed-circuit ventilator status, frequent air exchanges in patient rooms, and short sampling time may have contributed to this low burden.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	830-832
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	36
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.68
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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