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Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
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Control and Elimination of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanii in an Intensive Care Unit

Amanda Chamieh1, Tania Dagher Nawfal1, Tala Ballouz1, Claude Afif, George Juvelekian, Sani Hlais, Jean-Marc Rolain, and Eid AzarComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon (A. Chamieh, T. Ballouz, C. Afif, G. Juvelekian, E. Azar); Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (T.D. Nawfal, J.-M. Rolain); Saint Joseph University and American University of Beirut, Beirut (S. Hlais)

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Isolation density of Acinetobacter baumanii and non–A. baumanii in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Saint Georges Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, during February 1, 2016–January 31, 2017. Rates are measured in 1,000 patient-days. During period 1, February 1–June 31, 2016, ICU patients received colistin/carbapenem combination therapy for A. baumanii. During Period 2, July 1, 2016–January 31, 2017, we implemented a carbapenem-sparing regimen in the ICU.

Figure 2. Isolation density of Acinetobacter baumanii and non–A. baumanii in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Saint Georges Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, during February 1, 2016–January 31, 2017. Rates are measured in 1,000 patient-days. During period 1, February 1–June 31, 2016, ICU patients received colistin/carbapenem combination therapy for A. baumanii. During period 2, July 1, 2016–January 31, 2017, we implemented a carbapenem-sparing regimen in the ICU.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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