TY - JOUR
T1 - Detecting carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) carriage
T2 - Which body site should be cultured?
AU - Nutman, Amir
AU - Temkin, Elizabeth
AU - Lellouche, Jonathan
AU - Ben David, Debby
AU - Schwartz, David
AU - Carmeli, Yehuda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - 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 single site for active surveillance of CRAB.
AB - 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 single site for active surveillance of CRAB.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2020.197
DO - 10.1017/ice.2020.197
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C2 - 32618523
AN - SCOPUS:85087619428
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 41
SP - 965
EP - 967
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 8
ER -