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Impact of Contact Isolation Precautions on Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2015

Adam Tawney ,
Lynn Semproch ,
Paul Lephart ,
Kevin Valentine ,
Ronald Thomas ,
Basim I. Asmar ,
Teena Chopra  and
Eric J. McGrath
Adam Tawney
Affiliation:
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
Lynn Semproch
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan
Paul Lephart
Affiliation:
Detroit Medical Center University Laboratories, Detroit, Michigan
Kevin Valentine
Affiliation:
Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana
Ronald Thomas
Affiliation:
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Detroit, Michigan
Basim I. Asmar
Affiliation:
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Detroit, Michigan Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Detroit, Michigan
Teena Chopra
Affiliation:
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Detroit, Michigan
Eric J. McGrath*
Affiliation:
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Detroit, Michigan Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Detroit, Michigan
*
Address correspondence to Eric McGrath, MD, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Division of Infectious Diseases, 3901 Beaubien Blvd., Detroit, MI 48201 ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 9 , September 2015 , pp. 1108 - 1110
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