Colonisation by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella spp. in a paediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-69

  Levy, S S S ^a   Mello, M J G ^a   Gusmao filho F A R ^a,b   Correia, J B ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Extended spectrum lactamase; Gram negative; Infection; Klebsiella spp.; Paediatric intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC WARD; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77955514185     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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