Outbreak of nosocomial multidrug-resistant Enterobacter aerogenes in a geriatric unit: Failure of isolation contact, analysis of risk factors, and use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 651-653

  Piagnerelli, Michaël ^a   Kennes, Bernard ^a   Brogniez, Yvette ^b   Deplano, Ariane ^a   Govaerts, Danielle ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033794190     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501704     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Patients' endogenous flora as the source of 'nosocomial' Enterobacter in cardiac surgery
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3. Decreased transmission of Enterobacteriaceae with extended-spectrum β-lactamases in an intensive care unit by nursing reorganization
4. Emergence of Enterobacter aerogenes as a major antibiotic-resistant nosocomial pathogen in Belgian hospitals