Detecting carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) carriage: Which body site should be cultured?

We compared the yield of culturing various body sites to detect carriage of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB). Culturing the skin using a premoistened sponge, with overnight enrichment and plating on CHROMagar MDR Acinetobacter, had the highest yield: 92%. Skin is satisfactory as a...

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Publicat a:Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Autors principals: Nutman, Amir, Temkin, Elizabeth, Lellouche, Jonathan, Ben David, Debby, Schwartz, David, Carmeli, Yehuda
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7511923/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32618523
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.197
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