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Acinetobacter baumannii: Association between Environmental Contamination of Patient Rooms and Occupant Status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

L. Silvia Munoz-Price ,
Nicholas Namias ,
Timothy Cleary ,
Yovanit Fajardo-Aquino ,
Dennise DePascale ,
Kristopher L. Arheart ,
Jesabel I. Rivera  and
Yohei Doi
L. Silvia Munoz-Price*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Nicholas Namias
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Timothy Cleary
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Yovanit Fajardo-Aquino
Affiliation:
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Dennise DePascale
Affiliation:
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Kristopher L. Arheart
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida Division of Biostatistics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Jesabel I. Rivera
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Yohei Doi
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
LSMP Park Plaza West L-302, 1611 Northwest 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136 ([email protected])
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Abstract

We aimed to determine the association between the presence of Acinetobacter baumannii in patient rooms and the carrier status of the occupants. Fifty-six (39%) of 143 rooms with A. baumannii– positive patients had results positive for A. baumannii. Only 49 (10%) of 485 rooms with A. baumannii-negative patients were positive (odds ratio, 5.72 [95% confidence interval, 3.66–8.96]; P < .0001). Clinical and environmental isolates shared pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 5: Special Topic Issue: The Role of the Environment in Infection Prevention , May 2013 , pp. 517 - 520
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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