Outbreak of AmpC β-lactamase-hyper-producing Enterobacter cloacae in a neonatal intensive care unit in a French teaching hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 456-458

  Pestourie, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Garnier, Fabien ^a,b,c   Barraud, Olivier ^a,b,c   Bedu, Antoine ^c   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a,b,c   Mounier, Marcelle ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Cross transmission; Pulsed field electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

BREAST-FEEDING; CROSS TRANSMISSION; PULSED-FIELD ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 84897441321     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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