Outbreaks of extended spectrum beta-lactamaseproducing Enterobacteriaceae in neonatal intensive care units: A systematic review

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2016, Pages F72-F78

  Stapleton, Patrick J M ^a   Murphy, Madeleine ^b   McCallion, Naomi ^b,c   Brennan, Marion ^b   Cunney, Robert ^a,d   Drew, Richard J ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIC; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84958817717     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308707     Document Type: Review

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