Flavobacterium sepsis outbreak due to contaminated distilled water in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-215

  Mosayebi, Z ^a   Movahedian, A H ^b   Soori, T ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flavobacterium; Neonatal intensive care unit; Outbreak; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DISTILLED WATER; GENTAMICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM SEPSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPSIS; SEX; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEPSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79958761630     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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