Continuous surveillance to reduce extended-spectrum β-lactamase klebsiella pneumoniae colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit

Neonatology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-160

  Benenson, Shmuel ^a   Levin, Phillip D ^a   Block, Colin ^a   Adler, Amos ^a   Ergaz, Zivanit ^a   Peleg, Ofra ^a   Minster, Naomi ^a   Gross, Ilana ^a   Schaffer, Keren ^a   Moses, Allon E ^a   Cohen, Matan J ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; ESBL; Klebsiella pneumoniae; NICU; Sepsis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; FECES CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84870738882     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343150     Document Type: Article

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