Analysis of three outbreaks due to Klebsiella species in a neonatal intensive care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 495-500

  Ayan, Melek ^b   Kuzucu, Cigdem ^b   Durmaz, Riza ^a   Aktas, Elif ^b   Cizmeci, Zeynep ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

EID: 0042706439     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502245     Document Type: Article

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