title: Acinetobacter baumannii: association between environmental contamination of patient rooms and occupant status.
abstract: We aimed to determine the association between the presence of Acinetobacter baumannii in patient rooms and the carrier status of the occupants. Fifty-six (39%) of 143 rooms with A. baumannii-positive patients had results positive for A. baumannii. Only 49 (10%) of 485 rooms with A. baumannii-negative patients were positive (odds ratio, 5.72 [95% confidence interval, 3.66-8.96]; [Formula: see text]). Clinical and environmental isolates shared pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA. smunozprice@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: L Silvia
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Munoz-Price
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Namias
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: Yovanit
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fajardo-Aquino
authors.forename: Dennise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Depascale
authors.forename: Kristopher L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Arheart
authors.forename: Jesabel I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doi
mesh_terms: D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001513:Beds / Q000382:microbiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007260:Infusion Pumps / Q000382:microbiology; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000382:microbiology; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000382:microbiology