title: Environmental exposure to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii as a risk factor for patient acquisition of A. baumannii.
abstract: We aimed to determine the association between environmental exposure to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the subsequent risk of acquiring this organism. Patients exposed to a contaminated hospital environment had 2.77 times the risk of acquiring carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii than did unexposed patients (relative risk, 2.77 [95% confidence interval, 1.50-5.13]; P = .002).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Rossana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Kristopher L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Arheart
authors.forename: Dennise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Depascale
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kett
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Namias
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pizano
authors.forename: Yovanit
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fajardo-Aquino
authors.forename: L Silvia
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Munoz-Price
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D015780:Carbapenems