Nosocomial outbreak of Myroides odoratimimus urinary tract infection in a Tunisian hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-81

  Ktari, S ^a   Mnif, B ^a   Koubaa, M ^b   Mahjoubi, F ^a   Ben Jemaa, M ^b   Mhiri, M N ^a   Hammami, A ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Myroides odoratimimus; Nosocomial; Outbreak; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM PLUS TICARCILLIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYROIDES ODORATIMIMUS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RIFAMPIN; TUNISIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84455205576     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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