An outbreak of Halomonas phocaeensis sp. nov. bacteraemia in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-85

  Berger, P ^a   Barguellil, F ^b   Raoult, D ^a   Drancourt, M ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Halomonas phocaeensis; Halomonas spp; Neonatal clinic; Outbreak; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PEFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS PHOCAEENSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW SPECIES; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGELLA UREOLYTICA; PHENOTYPE; TUNISIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HALOMONAS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TUNISIA;

EID: 34548597193     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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