Abstract
Two outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii occurred in our hospital. The outbreak strains were eventually isolated from respiratory ventilators, an apparatus used to cool or warm patients, and four continuous veno-venous hemofiltration machines. Removing dust from the machines and replacing all dust filters brought the outbreaks to an end.
MeSH terms
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Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy
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Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology*
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Acinetobacter Infections / transmission*
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Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
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Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
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Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control
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Disease Transmission, Infectious / statistics & numerical data
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
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Equipment Contamination / statistics & numerical data*
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Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / microbiology*
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Humans
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Infection Control / methods
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Netherlands / epidemiology
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Respiration, Artificial / instrumentation