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Occupational Transmission ofAcinetobacter baumanniifrom a United States Serviceman Wounded in Iraq to a Health Care Worker

8 Jul 2008

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BACKGROUND: Acinetobacter baumannii is increasingly recognized as being a significant pathogen associated with nosocomial outbreaks in both civilian and military treatment facilities. Current analyses of these outbreaks frequently describe patient-to-patient transmission. To date, occupational transmission of A. baumannii from a patient to a health care worker (HCW) has not been reported. We initiated an...

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PMID: 18611162
DOI: 10.1086/589247

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