A Chryseobacterium meningosepticum outbreak observed in 3 clusters involving both neonatal and non-neonatal pediatric patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 453-457

  Ceyhan, Mehmet ^a   Yildirim, Inci ^a   Tekeli, Alper ^d   Yurdakok, Murat ^a   Us, Ebru ^d   Altun, Belgin ^c   Kutluk, Tezer ^a   Cengiz, Ali Bülent ^a   Gurbuz, Venhar ^a   Barin, Cagri ^a   Bagdat, Arzu ^a   Cetinkaya, Duygu ^b   Gur, Deniz ^a   Tuncel, Onur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Turkey)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; ORNIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULPERAZON; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUILDING; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION CONTROL; KEYBOARD; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; NURSE MANAGER; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; RESIDENT; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TURKEY;

EID: 48149099883     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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