Ventilator-associated Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia

We report an outbreak of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in 6 infants with acute lower respiratory tract infection. Non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage isolated A. baumannii in all these infants. Environmental microbiological survey of the...

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Published in:Indian pediatrics 2011-12, Vol.48 (12), p.964-966
Main Authors: Ebenezer, Kala, James, Ebor Jacob G., Michael, Joy Sarojini, Kang, Gagandeep, Verghese, Valsan Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acinetobacter baumannii - isolation & purification
Acinetobacter Infections - epidemiology
Acinetobacter Infections - microbiology
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - microbiology
Disease Outbreaks
Equipment and Supplies, Hospital - microbiology
Humans
India - epidemiology
Infant, Newborn
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - microbiology
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Summary:We report an outbreak of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in 6 infants with acute lower respiratory tract infection. Non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage isolated A. baumannii in all these infants. Environmental microbiological survey of the Pediatric intensive care unit and pediatric wards identified oxygen humidifying chambers as the source of Acinetobacter . Practices of cleaning and changing of the humidifiers were reviewed and the outbreak was controlled with new recommendations.
ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559
DOI:10.1007/s13312-011-0152-4