Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-357

  Kohlenberg, A ^a   Weitzel Kage, D ^a   van der Linden, P ^a   Sohr, D ^a   Vogeler S ^a   Kola, A ^a   Halle, E ^a   Ruden H ^a   Weist, K ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA INFECTION; CARBAPENEM SUSCEPTIBLE PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; WOUND CARE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GERMANY; INTENSIVE CARE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952575698     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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