| multi-resistant gram-negative organisms in maryland: a statewide survey of resistant acinetobacter baumannii. | following the development of multi-resistant acinetobacter baumannii at several area hospitals, a volunteer task force from the greater baltimore chapter of the association of professionals in infection control and epidemiology, inc (apic) set out to assess the situation throughout the state. a survey was disseminated to all 70 acute, general, and specialty hospitals in maryland. the response rate was 57%, and multi-resistant acinetobacter was the most prevalent resistant gram-negative organism ... | 2005 | 16153489 |
| summer peaks in the incidences of gram-negative bacterial infection among hospitalized patients. | recognition of seasonal trends in hospital infections may improve diagnosis, use of empirical therapy, and infection prevention interventions. there are very few data available regarding the seasonal variability of these infections. we quantified the seasonal variation in the incidences of hospital infection caused by common bacterial pathogens and estimated the association between temperature changes and infection rates. | 2008 | 19031546 |
| frequent multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii contamination of gloves, gowns, and hands of healthcare workers. | multidrug-resistant (mdr) gram-negative bacilli are important nosocomial pathogens. | 2010 | 20486855 |
| use of adherence monitors as part of a team approach to control clonal spread of multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii in a research hospital. | multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii (mdrab) is difficult to treat and eradicate. several reports describe isolation and environmental cleaning strategies that controlled hospital mdrab outbreaks. such interventions were insufficient to interrupt mdrab transmission in 2 intensive care unit-based outbreaks in our hospital. we describe strategies that were associated with termination of mdrab outbreaks at the national institutes of health clinical center. | 2011 | 22080654 |
| assessing the burden of acinetobacter baumannii in maryland: a statewide cross-sectional period prevalence survey. | to determine the prevalence of acinetobacter baumannii, an important healthcare-associated pathogen, among mechanically ventilated patients in maryland. | 2012 | 22869261 |
| use of comparative genomics to characterize the diversity of acinetobacter baumannii surveillance isolates in a health care institution. | despite the increasing prevalence of the nosocomial pathogen acinetobacter baumannii, little is known about which genomic components contribute to clinical presentation of this important pathogen. most whole-genome comparisons of a. baumannii have focused on specific genomic regions associated with phenotypes in a limited number of genomes. in this work, we describe the results of a whole-genome comparative analysis of 254 surveillance isolates of acinetobacter species, 203 of which were a. baum ... | 2016 | 27458211 |