Intravenous glucose preparation as the source of an outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in the neonatal unit of a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 11 I, 2005, Pages 861-864

  Moodley, Prashini ^a   Coovadia, Yacoob M ^a   Sturm, A Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; GLUCOSE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 28044467542     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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