Response to letter on "Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter: Risk factors and outcome in veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders"

Swetha Ramanathan; Katie J Suda; Margaret A Fitzpatrick; Linda Poggensee; Sherri L LaVela; Stephen P Burns; Charlesnika T Evans

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2018.01.026

Response to letter on "Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter: Risk factors and outcome in veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders"

Am J Infect Control. 2018 Jul;46(7):849. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.01.026. Epub 2018 Mar 16.

Authors

Swetha Ramanathan¹, Katie J Suda², Margaret A Fitzpatrick³, Linda Poggensee⁴, Sherri L LaVela⁵, Stephen P Burns⁶, Charlesnika T Evans⁷

Affiliations

¹ Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL. Electronic address: Swetha.Ramanathan@va.gov.
² Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL; College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL.
³ Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL; Department of Internal Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
⁴ Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL.
⁵ Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL; Center for Healthcare Studies, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
⁶ Spinal Cord Injury Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
⁷ Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL; Department of Preventive Medicine and Center for Health Care Studies, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 29555146
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.01.026

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Comment

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Risk Factors
Spinal Cord Injuries*
Veterans*