Abstract
We aimed to determine the association between environmental exposure to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the subsequent risk of acquiring this organism. Patients exposed to a contaminated hospital environment had 2.77 times the risk of acquiring carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii than did unexposed patients (relative risk, 2.77 [95% confidence interval, 1.50-5.13]; P = .002).
MeSH terms
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Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
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Acinetobacter Infections / transmission*
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Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
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Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
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Carbapenems / pharmacology*
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Cross Infection / epidemiology
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Cross Infection / transmission
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
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Environmental Exposure*
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Female
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Florida / epidemiology
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Multivariate Analysis
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Proportional Hazards Models
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Risk Factors