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Philip W. Smith, MD; R. Michael Massanari, MD

JAMA. 1977;237(8):795-797.

Abstract
Twenty-four patients contracted systemic infections with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus during a four-month period. Unheated room humidifiers at the patients' bedsides were implicated as the source of infection in six. The out-break was terminated with the removal of the humidifiers.

(JAMA 237:795-797, 1977)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to the Department of Medicine, University Hospitals and Clinics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 (Dr Massanari).

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