Abstract
Acinetobacter-positive patients had their ambient air tested for up to 10 consecutive days. The air was Acinetobacter positive for an average of 21% of the days; the rate of contamination was higher among patients colonized in the rectum than in the airways (relative risk [RR], 2.35; P = 0.006). Of the 6 air/clinical isolate pairs available, 4 pairs were closely related according to rep-PCR results.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2346-2348 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)