• Med Mal Infect · Feb 2007

    Multicenter Study

    [Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in patients of 53 French intensive care units on a given day].

    • D Chatellier, C Burucoa, M Pinsard, J-P Frat, and R Robert.
    • Service de Réanimation Médicale, CHU de Poitiers, 2, rue de la Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers, France. d.chatellier@chu-poitiers.fr
    • Med Mal Infect. 2007 Feb 1; 37 (2): 112-7.

    ObjectiveThis study was made to evaluate multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii colonization in French intensive care units.DesignWe conducted a prevalence study on the carriage of A. baumannii for a one-day period in various French ICUs. On December 10, 2003, one nasal and/or rectal swab sampling was performed in 506 patients of 53 ICUs.ResultsSixteen patients (3.16%) from 7 centers (13%) were colonized by A. baumannii. None of the known risk factors for colonization by multiresistant A. baumannii were identified in these patients.ConclusionsOverall, A. baumannii colonization is limited except during epidemic situations. Our study reflects the carriage of A. baumannii in ICUs on a given day. This study showed that there was no multiresistant A. baumannii epidemic clone, potentially responsible for outbreaks, present in the tested French ICUs.

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