Multidrug-resistant NDM-1 Klebsiella outbreak and infection control in endoscopic urology

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 11 C, 2012, Pages

  Koo, Vincent S W ^a   O'Neill, Patricia ^b   Elves, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Camera sheath; Endoscopy; Infection control; K lebsiella outbreak; NDM 1; Urology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFUROXIME; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE NDM 1; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CYSTOSCOPY; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1 KLEBSIELLA; NEPHROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESECTOSCOPY; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URETEROSCOPY; URETHROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA; STERILIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873253280     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11556.x     Document Type: Article

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