Ventilator-associated Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia

Indian Pediatr. 2011 Dec;48(12):964-6. doi: 10.1007/s13312-011-0152-4. Epub 2011 May 30.

Abstract

We report an outbreak of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in 6 infants with acute lower respiratory tract infection. Non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage isolated A. baumannii in all these infants. Environmental microbiological survey of the Pediatric intensive care unit and pediatric wards identified oxygen humidifying chambers as the source of Acinetobacter. Practices of cleaning and changing of the humidifiers were reviewed and the outbreak was controlled with new recommendations.

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / microbiology
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / microbiology*