title: Low prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii colonization on hospital admission.
abstract: We conducted a prospective cohort study of non-critically ill patients admitted to a tertiary care center between December 2003 and September 2004 and obtained perirectal samples at hospital admission to determine the prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii. A baumannii was isolated from 1 of 555 cultures (0.18%); no multidrug-resistant A baumannii was identified. Interventions aimed at early identification of A baumannii-colonized patients may not benefit by widely targeting non-critically ill patients on hospital admission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 100 N. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. kthom@epi.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Kerri A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thom
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Jon P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Furuno
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016638:Critical Illness; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010502:Perineum / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies