Contribution of Contaminated Environmental Surfaces to the Transmission of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Special Care Units of a Hospital in Tehran, Iran

Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the major causes of nosocomial infections. We investigated the distribution of A. baumannii among patients and the environment in special care units of a hospital in Tehran, Iran. Methods: Sixty-nine non-duplicate clinical and environmental samples wer...

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Main Authors: Fereshteh Eftekhar, Nasrin Esmaeeli Torkanpoory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://jommid.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-176-en.html