Control of Simultaneous Outbreaks of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection in an Intensive Care Unit Using Interventions Promoted in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012 Carbapenemase-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Toolkit
Enfield KB, Huq NN, Gosseling MF, Low DJ, Hazen KC, Toney DM, Slitt G, Zapata HJ, Cox HL, Lewis JD, Kundzins JR, Mathers AJ, Sifri CD. Control of Simultaneous Outbreaks of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection in an Intensive Care Unit Using Interventions Promoted in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012 Carbapenemase-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Toolkit. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2014, 35: 810-817. PMID: 24915208, DOI: 10.1086/676857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAcinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsCarbapenemsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.Cross InfectionDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEnterobacteriaceaeEnterobacteriaceae InfectionsHumansInfection ControlIntensive Care UnitsOutcome Assessment, Health CareUnited StatesVirginiaConceptsInfection control measuresIntensive care unitCarbapenemase-producing EnterobacteriaceaeXDR-ABIncidence rateDisease controlCare unitDrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infectionsSurgical trauma intensive care unitTrauma intensive care unitDrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanniiPresence of blaKPCXDR-AB infectionsXDR-AB isolatesAcinetobacter baumannii infectionsResistance plasmidsControl measuresBaumannii infectionsPolymerase chain reactionPulsed-field gel electrophoresisAcinetobacter baumanniiIntervention studiesConcurrent outbreaksMore casesOngoing transmission