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Brito,Denise von Dolinger de; Oliveira,Elias José; Abdallah,Vânia O. Steffen; Darini,Ana Lúcia da Costa; Gontijo Filho,Paulo P.. |
We studied an outbreak of two multi-drug resistant clones of Acinetobacter baumannii in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Uberlândia Federal University Hospital in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, and we analyzed the contribution of cross-transmission in the rise in infection rates. Eleven neonates who developed multi-drug resistant A. baumannii nosocomial infection were matched to 22 neonates who were admitted to the same unit and did not develop an infection during the outbreak period, in order to identify risk factors for infection. Three out of the 11 neonates died. Epidemiological investigation included molecular typing, using pulsed field gel electrophoresis. Prior to the outbreak, from December 2001 to March 2002, no case of infection by this... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Acinetobacter baumannii; Molecular epidemiology; Outbreak; Neonates. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000400006 |
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