Molecular epidemiological typing of Enterobacter cloacae isolates from a neonatal intensive care unit: Three-year prospective study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-182

  Fernandez Baca V ^a   Ballesteros, F ^a   Hervas J A ^a   Villalon P ^a   Dominguez M A ^b   Benedi V J ^c   Alberti S ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae; Neonate; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PLASMID; POLICY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 0035165979     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1053     Document Type: Article

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