Article
[Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak caused by ESBL positive Klebsiella pneumoniae in neonatal intensive care unit by AP-PCR].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Jan 2012
Hoşbul Tuğrul, Ozyurt Mustafa, Karademir Ferhan, Süleymanoğlu Selami, Haznedaroğlu Tunçer
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, we describe an outbreak caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a tertiary-care hospital. Nosocomial blood-stream infections were detected in three patients hospitalized in NICU. Two of the cases were transferred to NICU due to premature birth and the other due to the presence of cleft palate and...
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