Two outbreaks of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatrics International

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 222-226

  Sumer, Sua ^a   Turk Dagi, Hatice ^a   Findik, Duygu ^a   Arslan, Ugur ^a   Aktug Demir, Nazlim ^a   Ural, Onur ^a   Tuncer, Inci ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae; neonatal intensive care unit; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WOUND ASSESSMENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BETA LACTAMASE;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE;

EID: 84898798313     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12234     Document Type: Article

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