Acinetobacter Baumannii Outbreaks
Single clone Acinetobacter baumannii strain spreads in Turkey ICU
Published in Health and Medicine Week, February 27th, 2006
According to a recently published report from Turkey, "Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen, especially in immunocomprimised patients and those hospitalized in intensive care units.
"After the first isolation of A. baumannii strains from the bronchial aspirates of two patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) of our hospital as a pure culture, screening studies were performed to define possible source(s)."
"A. baumannii strains isolated from bronchial aspirates and blood cultures of the patients...
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