A gloves-associated outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit in Guangdong, China

Dan Ye,Jinglan Shan,Yongbo Huang,Jianchun Li,Changan Li,Xiaoqing Liu,Weiqun He,Yimin Li,Pu Mao

A gloves-associated outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit in Guangdong, China

2015

Dan Ye
Jinglan Shan
Yongbo Huang
Jianchun Li
Changan Li
Xiaoqing Liu
Weiqun He
Yimin Li
Pu Mao

Background Imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (IRAB) is an important cause of hospital-acquired infection. We aimed to describe an outbreak of IRAB infection and to investigate its possible source in an intensive care unit.

Keywords:

Acinetobacter baumannii
Acinetobacter infections
Infection control
Medical microbiology
Imipenem
Outbreak
Intensive care unit
Intensive care medicine
Medicine
Internal medicine
Parasitology
Tropical medicine
Virology
Microbiology

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