A simultaneous outbreak of Serratia marcescens and Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 312-320

  Casolari, C ^a   Pecorari, Monica ^a   Fabio, G ^a   Cattani, S ^a   Venturelli, C ^a   Piccinini, L ^a   Tamassia, M G ^a   Gennari, W ^a   Sabbatini, A M T ^a   Leporati, G ^a   Marchegiano, P ^a   Rumpianesi, F ^a   Ferrari, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

K. pneumoniae; Newborns; Outbreak; S. marcescens

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 29444458877     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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