An outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii septicemia in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-309

  von Dolinger de Brito, Denise ^a,d   Oliveira, Elias José ^a   Steffen Abdallah, Vânia O ^b   da Costa Darini, Ana Lúcia ^c   Gontijo Filho, Paulo P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Clinical Hospital   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Molecular epidemiology; Neonates; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 31344449571     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 14138670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702005000400006     Document Type: Article

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