An Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Bacteremia in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 285-288

  Paul, Liz Mary ^a   Hegde, Ashwini ^a   Pai, Tanvi ^a   Shetty, Subodh ^a   Baliga, Shrikala ^a   Shenoy, Suchitra ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Burkholderia; Neonate; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY GAS HUMIDIFIER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; VENTILATOR; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84939139490     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-015-1855-7     Document Type: Article

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