Aggressive control measures for resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the impact on acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a medical intensive care unit

Marc-Oliver Wright; Joan N Hebden; Anthony D Harris; Carl B Shanholtz; Harold C Standiford; Jon P Furuno; Eli N Perencevich

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Aggressive control measures for resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the impact on acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a medical intensive care unit

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Aggressive control measures for resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the impact on acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a medical intensive care unit

Marc-Oliver Wright, Joan N Hebden, Anthony D Harris, Carl B Shanholtz, Harold C Standiford, Jon P Furuno and Eli N Perencevich

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.25(2), pp.167-168

02/2004

DOI: 10.1086/502370

PMID: 14994945

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Abstract

The medical ICU implemented aggressive control measures following an outbreak of multidrug-resistant, clonal Acinetobacter baumannii. Multivariable regression analyses comparing acquisition (6 months preceding to 6 months during or following the outbreak) revealed decreased VRE and MRSA acquisition. Aggressive control measures can reduce VRE, and perhaps MRSA, transmission.

Acinetobacter Infections - complications

Acinetobacter Infections - prevention & control

Intensive Care Units

Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification

Humans

Vancomycin Resistance

Baltimore - epidemiology

Staphylococcal Infections - complications

Acinetobacter - drug effects

Disease Outbreaks

Acinetobacter Infections - epidemiology

Acinetobacter - isolation & purification

Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology

Methicillin Resistance

Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects

Acinetobacter Infections - microbiology

MRSA

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Title: Subtitle: Aggressive control measures for resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the impact on acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a medical intensive care unit
Creators: Marc-Oliver Wright - Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA
Joan N Hebden
Anthony D Harris
Carl B Shanholtz
Harold C Standiford
Jon P Furuno
Eli N Perencevich
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.25(2), pp.167-168
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1086/502370
PMID: 14994945
ISSN: 0899-823X
eISSN: 1559-6834
Language: English
Date published: 02/2004
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983779495502771

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