An outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae late-onset sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit in Guatemala

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 516-520

  Gray, Jennifer ^a   Arvelo, Wences ^b   McCracken, John ^a   Lopez, Beatriz ^a   Lessa, Fernanda C ^b   Kitchel, Brandon ^b   Wong, Betty ^b   Reyes, Lissette ^c,d   Lindblade, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance   (Guatemala)

^d Field Epidemiology Training Program   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Central America; Hospital acquired infection; Klebsiella spp; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOBUTAMINE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864699745     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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