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Clinical Infectious Diseases
New clinical infectious diseases study findings have been reported by T.J. Whitman and colleagues
August 26th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, "Acinetobacter baumannii is increasingly recognized as being a significant pathogen associated with nosocomial outbreaks in both civilian and military treatment facilities. Current analyses of these outbreaks frequently describe patient-to-patient transmission." "To date, occupational transmission of A. baumannii from a patient to a health care worker (HCW) has not been reported. We initiated an investigation of an HCW with a complicated case of A. baumannii pneumonia to determine whether a link existed between her illness and A. baumannii infected patients in a military treatment...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-26)
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