Investigation and management of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii spread in a French medical intensive care unit: one outbreak may hide another

Céline Bourigault; Stéphane Corvec; Cédric Bretonnière; Aurélie Guillouzouic; Lise Crémet; Julie Marraillac; Marie-Emmanuelle Juvin; Pascale Bemer; Florence Le Gallou; Alain Reynaud; David Boutoille; Daniel Villers; Didier Lepelletier

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2012.08.003

Investigation and management of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii spread in a French medical intensive care unit: one outbreak may hide another

Am J Infect Control. 2013 Jul;41(7):652-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.08.003. Epub 2012 Dec 23.

Authors

Céline Bourigault¹, Stéphane Corvec, Cédric Bretonnière, Aurélie Guillouzouic, Lise Crémet, Julie Marraillac, Marie-Emmanuelle Juvin, Pascale Bemer, Florence Le Gallou, Alain Reynaud, David Boutoille, Daniel Villers, Didier Lepelletier

Affiliation

¹ Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Nantes, France. [email protected]

PMID: 23266385
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.08.003

Abstract

An outbreak in a medical intensive care unit was due to an OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain imported from a repatriate hospitalized in Singapore. This outbreak revealed another multidrug resistant epidemic strain that had been present in the hospital for 2 years. Both outbreaks were controlled after 9 months of an extensive infection control program.

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology*
Acinetobacter Infections / prevention & control
Aged
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Equipment Contamination / prevention & control*
Female
France
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Singapore