ICU-associated Acinetobacter baumannii colonisation/infection in a high HIV-prevalence resource-poor setting.

BACKGROUND: There are hardly any data about the incidence, risk factors and outcomes of ICU-associated A.baumannii colonisation/infection in HIV-infected and uninfected persons from resource-poor settings like Africa. METHODS: We reviewed the case records of patients with A.baumannii colonisation/in...

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Main Authors: Ntobeko B A Ntusi, Motasim Badri, Hoosain Khalfey, Andrew Whitelaw, Stephen Oliver, Jenna Piercy, Richard Raine, Ivan Joubert, Keertan Dheda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3531465?pdf=render