Nosocomial outbreak of Enterobacter gergoviae bacteraemia in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 292-296

  Ganeswire, R ^a   Thong, K L ^b   Puthucheary, S D ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Enterobacter gergoviae; Neonatal intensive care unit; Nosocomial outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALAYSIA;

EID: 0037822159     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1371     Document Type: Article

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