Patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections are colonized in the gastrointestinal tract with identical strains

Kerri A. Thom; William W L Hsiao; Anthony D. Harris; O. Colin Stine; David A. Rasko; J. Kristie Johnson

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.005

Patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections are colonized in the gastrointestinal tract with identical strains

Kerri A. Thom, William W L Hsiao, Anthony D. Harris, O. Colin Stine, David A. Rasko, J. Kristie Johnson

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Abstract

In this study, we identified critically ill patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia and examined perirectal surveillance cultures for the presence of genetically related A baumannii strains using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to determine whether gut colonization preceded clinical infection. Seven patients with imipenem-resistant A baumannii bacteremia were identified from January to June of 2008. Six of 7 (86%) patients were colonized in the gastrointestinal tract with genetically similar strains preceding their bacteremia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	751-753
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	38
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.005
State	Published - Nov 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii
hospital epidemiology

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Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Health Policy

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Patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections are colonized in the gastrointestinal tract with identical strains

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