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. 2015 Jul;36(7):830-2.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.68. Epub 2015 Mar 31.

Infrequent air contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii of air surrounding known colonized or infected patients

Clare Rock  1 , Anthony D Harris  1 , J Kristie Johnson  2 , Werner E Bischoff  3 , Kerri A Thom  1
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Infrequent air contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii of air surrounding known colonized or infected patients

Clare Rock et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jul.

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.

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