Ventilator-associated Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia
We report an outbreak of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in 6 infants with acute lower respiratory tract infection. Non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage isolated A. baumannii in all these infants. Environmental microbiological survey of the...
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Published in | Indian pediatrics Vol. 48; no. 12; pp. 964 - 966 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
India
Springer-Verlag
01.12.2011
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Summary: | We report an outbreak of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant
Acinetobacter baumannii
in 6 infants with acute lower respiratory tract infection. Non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage isolated
A. baumannii
in all these infants. Environmental microbiological survey of the Pediatric intensive care unit and pediatric wards identified oxygen humidifying chambers as the source of
Acinetobacter
. Practices of cleaning and changing of the humidifiers were reviewed and the outbreak was controlled with new recommendations. |
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ISSN: | 0019-6061 0974-7559 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13312-011-0152-4 |