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

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Abstract
A 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.