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Epidemics
Research from R. Valencia and co-researchers yields new findings on epidemics
March 31st, 2009
In this recently published article, scientists in Seville, Spain conducted a study "To describe what is, to our knowledge, the first nosocomial outbreak of infection with pan-drug-resistant ( including colistin-resistant) Acinetobacter baumannii, to determine the risk factors associated with these types of infections, and to determine their clinical impact. Nested case-control cohort study and a clinical-microbiological study." "A 1,521-bed tertiary care university hospital in Seville, Spain. Case patients were inpatients who had a pan-drug-resistant A. baumannii isolate recovered from a clinical or surveillance sample obtained at least 48 hours after admission to an...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-31)
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