Archive for November, 2011

Acinetobacter baumannii found growing in nearly half of infected patient rooms

Posted on November 1, 2011. Filed under: Acinetobacter baumannii, Hospital Acquired Infections, infection control, Infectious Diseases, Nosocomial Infections | Tags: , , |

Contact: Liz Garman egarman@apic.org 202-454-2604 Elsevier Health Sciences Washington, DC, November 1, 2011 — Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) was found in the environment of 48 percent of the rooms of patients colonized or infected with the pathogen, according to a new study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the [...]

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