Blood pressure cuffs as potential reservoirs of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase VEB-1-producing isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

J Hosp Infect. 2004 Sep;58(1):91-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.05.013.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Acinetobacter Infections / etiology*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / prevention & control
  • Acinetobacter baumannii* / enzymology
  • Adult
  • Blood Pressure Determination / instrumentation*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / etiology*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Disease Outbreaks* / prevention & control
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • beta-Lactamases*

Substances

  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • beta-lactamase VEB-1, E coli
  • beta-Lactamases