Transmission of extended-spectrum β-Lactamase Klebsiella oxytoca via the breathing circuit of a transport ventilator: Root cause analysis and infection control recommendations

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 828-829

  Schulz Stubner S ^a   Kniehl, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LETTER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VENTILATOR;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CAUSALITY; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79960726864     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661225     Document Type: Letter

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