An outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus infection in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Kuwait

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e67-e70

  Jamal, Wafaa ^a,b   Salama, Mona F ^b,c   Al Hashem, G ^b   Rifaei, M ^b   Eldeen, H ^d   Husain, Entesar H ^b   Ahmad, S ^a   Rotimi, Vincent O ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d National TB Reference Laboratory   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Intensive Care Unit; Mycobacterium abscessus; Outbreak; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KUWAIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEPTICEMIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VENTILATED PATIENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; KUWAIT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA;

EID: 84907294395     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000071     Document Type: Article

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