Occupational Transmission ofAcinetobacter baumanniifrom a United States Serviceman Wounded in Iraq to a Health Care Worker | Zendy

Timothy J. Whitman | Zendy; Sonia Qasba | Zendy; Joseph Timpone | Zendy; Britta S. Babel | Zendy; Matthew R. Kasper | Zendy; Judith F. English | Zendy; John W. Sanders | Zendy; Kristine M. Hujer | Zendy; Andrea M. Hujer | Zendy; Andrea Endimiani | Zendy; Mark W. Eshoo | Zendy; Robert A. Bonomo | Zendy

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Occupational Transmission ofAcinetobacter baumanniifrom a United States Serviceman Wounded in Iraq to a Health Care Worker

Author(s) -

Timothy J. Whitman,

Sonia Qasba,

Joseph Timpone,

Britta S. Babel,

Matthew R. Kasper,

Judith F. English,

John W. Sanders,

Kristine M. Hujer,

Andrea M. Hujer,

Andrea Endimiani,

Mark W. Eshoo,

Robert A. Bonomo

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/589247

Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , medicine , outbreak , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , genotype , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biology , genetics , bacteria , gene

Acinetobacter baumannii is increasingly recognized as being a significant pathogen associated with nosocomial outbreaks in both civilian and military treatment facilities. Current analyses of these outbreaks frequently describe patient-to-patient transmission. To date, occupational transmission of A. baumannii from a patient to a health care worker (HCW) has not been reported. We initiated an investigation of an HCW with a complicated case of A. baumannii pneumonia to determine whether a link existed between her illness and A. baumannii-infected patients in a military treatment facility who had been entrusted to her care.

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