Risk factor for intestinal carriage of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the impact on subsequent infection among patients in an intensive care unit: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the incidence and the impact of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) intestinal carriage on subsequent CRAB infection and to study risk factors of acquiring CRAB intestinal carriage among patients in intensive care unit (ICU).

Design

Observational study including a case-control study and a retrospective cohort study.

Setting

A 50-bed general ICU of a university hospital, China.

Methods

From May 2017 to April 2018, an observational study was conducted in a 50-bed general ICU of a university hospital in China. Rectal swabs were collected from ICU patients on admission and thereafter weekly. A case-control study was performed to analyse risk factors of the acquisition of CRAB intestinal carriage in ICU using multiple logi

SUBMITTER: Qiao F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482480 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature