An outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii septicemia in a neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital in Brazil

An outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii septicemia in a neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital in Brazil

We studied an outbreak of two multi-drug resistant clones of Acinetobacter baumannii in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Uberlândia Federal University Hospital in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, and we analyzed the contribution of cross-transmission in the rise in infection rates. Eleven neonates...

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Main Authors: Denise von Dolinger de Brito, Elias José Oliveira, Vânia O. Steffen Abdallah, Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini, Paulo P. Gontijo Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Acinetobacter baumannii
molecular epidemiology
outbreak
neonates
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000400006&lng=en&tlng=en

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