Nosocomial colonization due to imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa epidemiologically linked to breast milk feeding in a neonatal intensive care unit

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1486-1492

  Mammina, Caterina ^a   Di Carlo, Paola ^a   Cipolla, Domenico ^a   Casuccio, Alessandra ^a   Tantillo, Matilde ^a   Plano, Maria Rosa Anna ^a   Mazzola, Angela ^a   Corsello, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Metallo lactamase; Neonatal intensive care unit; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBENICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK, HUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 64549134281     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2008.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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