An outbreak of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia, including strains producing extended-spectrum β-lactamase

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-59

  Pena C ^a   Pujol, M ^a   Ardanuy, C ^a   Ricart, A ^a   Pallares R ^a   Linares J ^a   Ariza, J ^a   Gudiol, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Extended spectrum lactamase; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035142506     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2000.0862     Document Type: Article

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