A cold hard menace: A contaminated ice machine as a potential source for transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Publication date: Available online 15 June 2017
Source:American Journal of Infection Control
Author(s): Anubhav Kanwar, T. Nicholas Domitrovic, Sreelatha Koganti, Peter Fuldauer, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Robert A. Bonomo, Curtis J. Donskey
During an investigation of potential sources of transmission of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli on a spinal cord injury unit, we recovered genetically related carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the stool of 3 patients, the hands of a nurse, and an ice machine water outlet spout and drain. Our findings suggest that contaminated ice machines could serve as a potential reservoir for dissemination of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli.



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