TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental exposure to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii as a risk factor for patient Acquisition of A. baumannii
AU - Rosa, Rossana
AU - Arheart, Kristopher L.
AU - Depascale, Dennise
AU - Cleary, Timothy
AU - Kett, Daniel H.
AU - Namias, Nicholas
AU - Pizano, Louis
AU - Fajardo-Aquino, Yovanit
AU - Silvia Munoz-Price, L.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We aimed to determine the association between environmental exposure to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the subsequent risk of acquiring this organism. Patients exposed to a contaminated hospital environment had 2.77 times the risk of acquiring carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii than did unexposed patients (relative risk, 2.77 [95% confidence interval, 1.50-5.13]; P p.002).
AB - We aimed to determine the association between environmental exposure to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the subsequent risk of acquiring this organism. Patients exposed to a contaminated hospital environment had 2.77 times the risk of acquiring carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii than did unexposed patients (relative risk, 2.77 [95% confidence interval, 1.50-5.13]; P p.002).
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U2 - 10.1086/675601
DO - 10.1086/675601
M3 - Article
C2 - 24602951
AN - SCOPUS:84895820735
VL - 35
SP - 430
EP - 433
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
SN - 0899-823X
IS - 4
ER -