title: Infrequent air contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii of air surrounding known colonized or infected patients.
abstract: Using a validated air sampling method we found Acinetobacter baumannii in the air surrounding only 1 of 12 patients known to be colonized or infected with A. baumannii. Patients' closed-circuit ventilator status, frequent air exchanges in patient rooms, and short sampling time may have contributed to this low burden.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,University of Maryland,Baltimore,Maryland.
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,University of Maryland,Baltimore,Maryland.
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Pathology,University of Maryland,Baltimore,Maryland.
authors.forename: J Kristie
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: 3Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center,Winston-Salem,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Werner E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,University of Maryland,Baltimore,Maryland.
authors.forename: Kerri A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thom
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000391:Air Microbiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008875:Middle Aged; D014691:Ventilation
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