Rapid containment of coincident outbreaks with 2 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in an intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 929-931

  Meybeck, Agnès ^a   Laurans, Caroline ^b   Broucqsault Dedrie, Céline ^c   Vanbaelinghem, Clément ^c   Verheyde, Isabelle ^c   Ledez, Rita ^b   Nyunga, Martine ^c   Nottebaert, Sandrine ^b   Waes, Sylvaine ^b   Vachée, Anne ^b,c  

^a Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur   (France)

^b Equipe Opérationnelle d'Hygiène et d'Infectiologie CH Roubaix Equipe Opérationnelle d'Hygiène et d'Infectiologie CH Roubaix   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE ROUBAIX   (France)

Author keywords

Carbapenem; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84905568006     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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