Klebsiella spp. in endoscopy-associated infections: We may only be seeing the tip of the iceberg

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-21

  Gastmeier, P ^a   Vonberg, R P ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Endoscopy; Klebsiella; Nosocomial outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DATA BASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUODENOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84898543210     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0544-6     Document Type: Review

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