Hygiene and bacteriology laboratories casting in a multiresistant Enterobacter aerogenes nosocomial outbreak;Roles des laboratoires d'hygiene et de bacteriologie dans la prise en charge d'une epidemie a Enterobacter aerogenes multiresistant aux antibiotiques

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-137

  Meunier, O ^a   Stoessel, P ^a   Saint Laurent, P ^a   Lutun, P ^b   Jehl, F ^a   Scheftel, J M ^a   Monteil, H ^a   Tempe J D ^b   Bientz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Enterobacter aerogenes; epidemic; nosocomial infections; pulsed field electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACTERIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HYGIENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORIES; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031091109     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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