Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?

Anucha Apisarnthanarak; Ploenpit Tantajina; Pornpimol Laovachirasuwan; David J Weber; Nalini Singh

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofw124

Is Aerosalization a Problem With Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Thailand Hospital?

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 20;3(3):ofw124. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw124. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

Anucha Apisarnthanarak¹, Ploenpit Tantajina¹, Pornpimol Laovachirasuwan¹, David J Weber², Nalini Singh³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine , Thammasat University , Pathumthani , Thailand.
² Division of Infectious Diseases , University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill.
³ Children's National Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics , Epidemiology and Global Health, George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public Health , Washington, District of Columbia.

Abstract

We evaluated the presence of air contamination with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in medical units where patients with CRAB pneumonia were hospitalized, and in Obstetrics and Gynecology units with open-air ventilation in-patient settings. There was no evidence of CRAB contamination in either of the units.

Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; Thailand; aerosolization; carbapenem-resistant; ventilator-associated pneumonia.