Outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae neurosurgical site infections associated with a contaminated shaving razor used for preoperative scalp shaving

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 805-806

  Dai, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhang, Chengfang ^a   Ma, Xiaoling ^a   Chang, Wenjiao ^a   Hu, Shoukui ^b   Jia, Hengmin ^a   Huang, Jiaxiang ^a   Lu, Huaiwei ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Zhou, Shusheng ^a   Qiu, Guangkuo ^a   Liu, Jiaqin ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

Nosocomial transmission; Outbreak investigation; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; COLISTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHAVING RAZOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DEVICES; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS); SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903316891     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.023     Document Type: Article

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