Emergence of Enterobacter cloacae as a common pathogen in neonatal units: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Talon, Daniel ^a   Menget, P ^b   Thouverez, M ^a   Thiriez, G ^b   Gbaguidi Haore, H ^a   Fromentin, C ^b   Muller, A ^a   Bertrand, X ^a  

^a Serv Hygi Hosp/Epidemiol Molec   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Enterobacter cloacae; Molecular epidemiology; Neonatal units

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TICARCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN CARE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FRANCE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LACTAMS; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 2942587283     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.01.023     Document Type: Article

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