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Bad design, bad practices, bad bugs: frustrations in controlling an outbreak of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in intensive care units.

The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Oct 2013

Balm M N D, Salmon S, Jureen R, Teo C, Mahdi R, Seetoh T, Teo J T W, Lin R T P, Fisher D A

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BACKGROUND: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a nosocomial-adapted Gram-negative bacillus intrinsically resistant to antibiotics commonly used in the intensive care setting. An outbreak investigation commenced when five patients developed E. meningoseptica infection in two intensive care units (I...

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PMID: 23958153
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.05.012

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