Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Citrobacter freundii at a Tertiary Acute Care Facility in Miami, Florida

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 320-326

  Jiménez, Adriana ^a,b   Castro, José G ^c   Munoz Price, L Silvia ^d   De Pascale, Dennise ^a   Shimose, Luis ^e   Mustapha, Mustapha M ^f   Spychala, Caressa N ^f   Mettus, Roberta T ^f   Cooper, Vaughn S ^f   Doi, Yohei ^f  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING CITROBACTER FREUNDII INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SANGER SEQUENCING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013676972     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.273     Document Type: Article

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