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Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii in a neonatal intensive care unit: antimicrobial susceptibility and genotyping analysis.
Annals of epidemiology - 1 Jun 2009
Touati Arabella, Achour Wafa, Cherif Ahmed, Hmida Hayet Ben, Afif Firas Bou, Jabnoun Sami, Khrouf Naima, Hassen Assia Ben
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: We describe an outbreak of nosocomial respiratory infection caused by multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Tunis and our investigation to determine the source. METHODS: Between May 2006 and February 2007, 31 infants hospitalized in the NICU of the Centre of Maternity and Neonatology of La Rabta in Tunis developed A. baumannii pneumonia. A case (infected...
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