An outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella species in a neonatal intensive care unit in Brazil

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-9

  Otman, Jamile ^a   Cavassin, Emerson D ^a   Perugini, Márcia E ^a   Vidotto, Marilda Carlos ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036173379     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503447     Document Type: Letter

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