Mortality impact of carbapenem-resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> (CRAB) colonization and infection: a retrospective cohort study
Both CRAB colonization and infection are associated with twofold increase in mortality after adjusting for disease severity. Enhanced infection control measures reduced acquisition and mortality.
Authors
- Lamis Mahamid
- Regev Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7773-350X)
- Shelly Lipman‐Arens
- Said Younis
- Elias Tannous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0445-9287)
- Milena Pitashny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0711-4102)
- Linor Ishay
- Mohammed Ganayem
- O. Simon
- Aliza Vaknin
- Alvira Zbiger
- Yael Galnoor Tene
- Rena Abilevitch
- Orna Ben-Natan
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10315
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00