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Droplet aerosol dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii surrounding ventilated patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2019

Madelyn Mousa ,
David Schwartz ,
Yehuda Carmeli  and
Amir Nutman
Madelyn Mousa
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
David Schwartz
Affiliation:
National Center for Infection Control and Antibiotic Resistance, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Yehuda Carmeli
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel National Center for Infection Control and Antibiotic Resistance, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Amir Nutman*
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel National Center for Infection Control and Antibiotic Resistance, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
*
Author for correspondence: Amir Nutman, Email: amirn@tlvmc.gov.il
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Abstract

We measured droplet aerosol dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) by sampling air surrounding 10 ventilated patients with CRAB isolated in sputum. Over 70 hours, we sampled 252,000 L of air; CRAB was detected in 39,600 L (16%). CRAB growth was higher during patient care, notably suctioning and sheet changing.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , March 2019 , pp. 365 - 367
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: This research was first presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases on April 22, 2018, in Madrid, Spain.

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