Risk factors for colonisation of newborn infants during an outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an intermediate-risk neonatal unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-347

  Cassettari, V C ^a   da Silveira, I R ^a   Dropa, M ^a   Lincopan, N ^a   Mamizuka, E M ^a   Matte M H ^a   Matte G R ^a   Menezes, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Extended spectrum lactamase; Neonatology; Outbreak; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SCREENING; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61349151643     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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