Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen. The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of A. baumannii infections due to patient-to-patient transmission by analyzing the molecular epidemiology of patients who acquired A. baumannii , using perianal surveillance cultures in a large 2-year intensive care unit (ICU) population.
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