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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 28(6): 723-5, 2007 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17520548
RESUMO
A burn patient was infected with Acinetobacter baumannii on transfer to the hospital after a terrorist attack. Two patients experienced cross-infection. Environmental swab samples were negative for A. baumannii. Six months later, the bacteria reemerged in 6 patients. Environmental swab samples obtained at this time were inoculated into a minimal mineral broth, and culture results showed widespread contamination. No case of infection occurred after closure of the unit for disinfection.