Infrequent Isolation of MultiresistantAcinetobacter baumanniiFrom the Staff Tending a Colonized Patient With Severe Burns

Abstract

AbstractA patient with severe burns who was colonized by multiresistantAcinetobacter baumanniiwas cared for in contact isolation by staff intensively trained on hospital hygiene. Of the 1,907 post-exposure cultures from the staff and 425 environmental samples, only 0.7% and 4%, respectively, yielded this microorganism. These data show that strict hygienic measures may limit staff colonization and contamination of the environment byA baumannii.