Acinetobacter Baumannii
Risk factors identified for carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii outbreak
Published in Blood Weekly, September 8th, 2005
According to recent research from Spain, "Between October 2001 and August 2002, 30 hospital patients became infected or colonized by a multiresistant (including to carbapenems) epidemic strain of Acinetobacter baumannii (AbMR) in a hospital outbreak.
"This study analyzed the risk-factors associated with acquisition of this epidemic strain and investigated the prognosis of patients infected by AbMR, with the aim of elucidating factors which lead to mortality."
"A case-control study of the acquisition of AbMR in...
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