title: Acinetobacter baumannii colonization in ventilated preterm infants.
abstract: The role of Acinetobacter baumannii in infections in ventilated preterm infants was evaluated in 15 colonized infants (11 male, 4 female) in a pediatric intensive care unit. These cases were randomly matched by birth weight and gestational age with ventilated non-colonized controls (8 male, 7 female). Case records were reviewed for signs and symptoms of infection. Colonized infants were ventilated significantly longer (p < 0.05) than controls, and had body temperatures of > 37 degrees C for a significantly longer period of time (p < 0.05). No other parameter of infection differed significantly between the groups. The duration of intensive care treatment did not differ between cases and controls, nor did the weight gain during intensive care treatment. No fatalities occurred in either group.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Hygiene and Laboratory Medicine, Klinikum Krefeld, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nagels
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schulte-Wissermann
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wirsing von König
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001724:Birth Weight; D001831:Body Temperature; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000150:complications; D015430:Weight Gain