Molecular typing demonstrating transmission of gram-negative rods in a neonatal intensive care unit in the absence of a recognized epidemic

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 220-227

  Almuneef, Maha A ^a,c   Baltimore, Robert S ^a,b   Farrel, Patricia A ^b   Reagan Cirincione, Patricia ^b   Dembry, Louise M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale New Haven Hospital   (United States)

^c KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0035245104     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318477     Document Type: Article

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