A space-time model for carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) cluster quantification in a high-complexity hospital

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2648-2652

  Abboud, C S ^a   Monteiro, J ^b   Franca J I D ^a   Pignatari, A C ^c   Souza, E E De ^a   Camargo, E C G ^d   Monteiro, A M V ^d   Santos, R G Dos ^c   Kiffer, C R V ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Clinical Microbiology Section   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

KPC; outbreaks; space time; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPACE TIME PERMUTATION MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938382440     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814003811     Document Type: Article

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