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PRO/EDR> Acinetobacter – USA (02): (PR) fatal, nosocomial
Hospital-Related Infection -- Worldwide/UnknownState Epidemiologist Brenda Rivera confirmed this morning a death associated with the bacterium _Acinetobacter baumannii_ in the intensive care unit of the UPR [University of Puerto Rico] Hospital in Carolina, which had already reported an outbreak of infection by the same bacterium in 2013."There was an outbreak. In early May [2015], [hospital staff] quickly identified an infected person and 3 others who were colonized. They quickly notified us by telephone Read more [...]
