Room humidifiers as the source of Acinetobacter infections
- 21 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 237 (8), 795-797
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.237.8.795
Abstract
Twenty-four patients contracted systemic infections withAcinetobacter calcoaceticusduring a four-month period. Unheated room humidifiers at the patients' bedsides were implicated as the source of infection in six. The out-break was terminated with the removal of the humidifiers. (JAMA237:795-797, 1977)This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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