Persistent Acinetobacter baumannii? Look inside your medical equipment.
Two outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii occurred in our hospital. The outbreak strains were eventually isolated from respiratory ventilators, an apparatus used to cool or warm patients, and four continuous veno-venous hemofiltration machines. Removing dust from the machines and replacing all dust filters brought the outbreaks to an end.
Bernards
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Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Harinck
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Dijkshoorn
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van der Reijden
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van den Broek
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D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation