Successful containment and infection control of a Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in an Italian hospital

New Microbiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-90

  Gaibani, Paolo ^a   Colombo, Rosaria ^b   Arghittu, Milena ^b   Cariani, Lisa ^b   Ambretti, Simone ^a   Bua, Gloria ^a   Lombardo, Donatella ^a   Landini, Maria Paola ^a   Torresani, Erminio ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infection control; Klebsiella pneumonia; KPC

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84894175731     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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