… The A baumannii strains isolated from patients exhibited an identical pattern with all the
epidemiological markers utilized; the strains … The strain isolated from a care table had the same …

… Association of private isolation rooms with ventilator-associated Acinetobacter baumannii
pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1997; 18: 499-503. …

… epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii using pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).
Therefore, the objectives of the present study … baumannii strains isolated from CICU is shown in …

… to R2 strains isolated from 1989 to 1991. All 17 … summary, we longitudinally analyzed the
epidemiology of infections caused by A. baumannii in a medical and surgical intensive care unit …

… from orthopaedics and 18 from the adult intensive care unit (AICU). … care and surgical units
and paediatrics.1., 2. … relationship amongst strains isolated during the outbreaks was 77% …

… strains isolated from 32 patients’ CSF and 36 HCWs’ hands. … The determination of clonal
relatedness among strains isolated from … isolates and to determine the molecular epidemiology …

… -surgical ICU of our university hospital in Italy. The objectives of the present study were (i) to
investigate the molecular epidemiology … baumannii strains isolated from different hospitals in …

… stay in the unit, invasive procedures or surgery within 30 … study, the PFGE results of the
clinical and environmental MDR A. baumannii strains isolated from the ICUs of Center 6, Center …

… for the treatment of Gram-negative sepsis. In this study, we considered these ICUs as being
representative of two different settings: the private sector, handling both surgical and internal …

… the setting of intensive care units (ICUs). Risk factors for acquisition of … buumunnii among
patients on a surgical ward has, to our … In the present study we describe such an outbreak that …