An outbreak of neonatal infection with Acinetobacter linked to contaminated suction catheters

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-304

  Pillay, T ^a   Pillay, D G ^a   Adhikari, M ^a   Pillay, A ^a   Sturm, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Hospital acquired infection; Mutiple drug resistance; Newborn; Outbreak; South Africa; Suction catheter

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; RIBOTYPING;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUCTION;

EID: 0033379836     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90426-7     Document Type: Article

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