Risk factors for healthcare-associated extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections: a case-control study.

The emergence of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB) is a serious threat to hospitalized patients. From 2008 to 2010, surveillance detected 25 hospital-acquired infection (HAI) cases caused by XDRAB at a medical center in Taipei. The site of XDRAB infection was bloodstream (n ...

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Main Authors: Ming-Chin Chan, Sheng-Kang Chiu, Po-Ren Hsueh, Ning-Chi Wang, Chih-Chien Wang, Chi-Tai Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3897568?pdf=render