An outbreak of antibiotic multiresistant Klebsiella at the neonatal intensive care unit, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel, November 1991 to April 1992

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-102

  Flidel Rimon, O ^a   Leibovitz, E ^a   Juster Reicher, A ^a   Amitay, M ^a   Miskin, A ^a   Barak, Y ^a   Mogilner, B ^a  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotic multiresistant Klebsiella; antibiotic therapy; systemic infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0030065858     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994301     Document Type: Article

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