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Factors Associated with Recovery of Acinetobacter baumannii in a Combat Support Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Matthew E. Griffith ,
Russell S. Gonzalez ,
John B. Holcomb ,
Duane R. Hospenthal ,
Glenn W. Wortmann  and
Clinton K. Murray
Matthew E. Griffith
Affiliation:
86th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Russell S. Gonzalez
Affiliation:
86th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
John B. Holcomb
Affiliation:
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas
Duane R. Hospenthal
Affiliation:
Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas
Glenn W. Wortmann
Affiliation:
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC
Clinton K. Murray*
Affiliation:
Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas
*
Infectious Disease Service (MCHE-MDI), Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 (clinton.murray@amedd.army.mil)
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Abstract

A retrospective review of hospital records for Acinetobacter baumannii infection at a US Army combat support hospital revealed a monthly infection rate ranging from 20.5 to 0 cases per 1,000 patients admitted. The rate correlated with the mean census of host-nation patients in the intensive care unit, the mean census of host-nation patients on the wards, and length of stay in the intensive care unit.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 7 , July 2008 , pp. 664 - 666
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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