Nosocomial outbreak of gentamicin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit controlled by a change in antibiotic policy

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-302

  Zwet, W C Van Der ^a   Parlevliet, G A ^a   Savelkoul, P H M ^a   Stoof, J ^a   Kaiser, A M ^a   Koeleman, J G M ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M J E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFLP based typing; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Nosocomial outbreak; Risk factors for colonization

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0032777818     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1998.0611     Document Type: Article

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