First outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Norwegian neonatal intensive care unit; associated with contaminated breast milk and resolved by strict cohorting

APMIS

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 612-621

  Rettedal, Siren ^a   Löhr, Iren H ^a   Natås, Olav ^a   Giske, Christian G ^b   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^c,d   Øymar, Knut ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

CTX M 15; ESBL; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Neonatal intensive care unit; ST17

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BREAST MILK; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MILK, HUMAN; NORWAY;

EID: 84863846412     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02879.x     Document Type: Article

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