Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2572-0775
ISSN: 2572-0775
Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Research Article
The Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii over a 19 month Period in a
Teaching Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Author(s): Hosein Dalili, Fatemeh Nayeri, Mamak Shariat, Nahid Farrokhzad and Leyla Sahebi*
Objective: We investigated a long outbreak of a nosocomial infection of Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Vali-Asr teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran.
Methods: Within a 19-month period, 25 neonates infected with A. baumannii were discovered. We divided the outbreak period into two groups according to the time they were infected. Group 1 was comprised of cases infected with A. baumannii from February to May 2016 (12 cases), and group 2 was neonates infected from November 2014 to January 2016 (13 cases). Identification of A. baumannii was executed by the phenotypic standards. Logistic regression analysis and multiple correspondence analyses (MCA) were used for comparison of groups with various variables.
Results: This outbreak had a common source with intermittent exposure, it ascen.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2572-0775.19.4.150