An outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 631-634

  Tamma, Pranita D ^a   Savard, Patrice ^a   Pal, Tibor ^b   Sonnevend, Agnes ^b   Perl, Trish M ^a   Milstone, Aaron M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84860683336     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665715     Document Type: Article

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