Management of outbreaks of Gram-negative bacteria in neonatal units [3]

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 317-318

  Gray, J ^a   Hobbs, P M ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HEXACHLOROPHENE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LETTER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0036886856     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1303     Document Type: Editorial

References (4)

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