Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a neonatal intensive care unit

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 268-271

  Lin, Rong ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Xu, Xin Fen ^a   Liu, Xin Chang ^a   Ye, Hong ^a   Ye, Guang Yong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Infection; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Molecular epidemiology; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; THROAT CULTURE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866246266     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-012-0370-4     Document Type: Article

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