Meningitis caused by Escherichia coli producing TEM-52 extended-spectrum β-lactamase within an extensive outbreak in a neonatal ward: Epidemiological investigation and characterization of the strain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2459-2463

  Moissenet, Didier ^a   Salauze, Béatrice ^a   Clermont, Olivier ^b   Bingen, Edouard ^c   Arlet, Guillaume ^d   Denamur, Erick ^b   Mérens, Audrey ^e   Mitanchez, Delphine ^f   Vu Thien, Hoang ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^e SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

^f ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE TEM 52; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BETA LACTAMASE; TEM-52 BETA-LACTAMASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPLICON; SEPTICEMIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77954453169     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00529-10     Document Type: Article

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