We studied bloodstream infection by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii among patients in a medical intensive care unit. Over a 7-year period, 47 of 441 colonized patients developed a bloodstream infection.. Endotracheal intubation (odds ratio [OR], 5.88), ventilator support (OR, 3.70), and central venous catheterization (OR, 3.48) were identified as risk factors.
Keywords: Central-venous catheter insertion; Colonization; Endotrcheal intubation; Number of antibiotics used; Ventilator maintenance day.
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