Outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing Enterobacter cloacae in an acute care hospital general ward in Singapore

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 177-182

  Ho, Hanley J ^a   Toh, Cheng Yen ^a   Ang, Brenda ^a   Krishnan, Prabha ^a   Lin, Raymond T P ^b,c   La, My Van ^b   Chow, Angela ^a,d  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae; Infection control; New Delhi metallo lactamase 1; Outbreaks; Pathogen transmission; Singapore

Indexed keywords

METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; WARD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84958935464     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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