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[Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in patients of 53 French intensive care units on a given day].
Medecine et maladies infectieuses - 1 Feb 2007
Chatellier D, Burucoa C, Pinsard M, Frat J-P, Robert R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study was made to evaluate multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii colonization in French intensive care units. DESIGN: We conducted a prevalence study on the carriage of A. baumannii for a one-day period in various French ICUs. On December 10, 2003, one nasal and/or rectal swab sampling was performed in 506 patients of 53 ICUs. RESULTS: Sixteen patients (3.16%) from 7 centers (13%) were colonized...
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