Citation

Zanetti G, Blanc DS, Federli I, Raffoul W, Petignat C, Maravic P, Francioli P, Berger MM. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2007; 28(6): 723-725.

Affiliation

Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, the Service of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. Giorgio.Zanetti@chuv.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Publisher University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/517956

PMID

17520548

Abstract

A burn patient was infected with Acinetobacter baumannii on transfer to the hospital after a terrorist attack. Two patients experienced cross-infection. Environmental swab samples were negative for A. baumannii. Six months later, the bacteria reemerged in 6 patients. Environmental swab samples obtained at this time were inoculated into a minimal mineral broth, and culture results showed widespread contamination. No case of infection occurred after closure of the unit for disinfection.

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