title: Ambu bag as a source of Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit.
abstract: This case report describes an outbreak of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital. Three patients were infected on the same day from an Ambu bag which was used on all the patients. The outbreak was immediately identified and the source was traced within one week. Appropriate measures were taken and a continuous surveillance was carried out resulting in reporting of no such case from the intensive care unit in the last 6 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. Irfanmirza651@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Irfan Ali
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: Aamir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Shahid Ahmed
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: Nasrullah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Luqman
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Satti
authors.forename: Umme
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Farwa
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation*