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Outbreak of AmpC β-lactamase-hyper-producing Enterobacter cloacae in a neonatal intensive care unit in a French teaching hospital.
American journal of infection control - 1 Apr 2014
Pestourie Nathalie, Garnier Fabien, Barraud Olivier, Bedu Antoine, Ploy Marie-Cécile, Mounier Marcelle
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We report the investigation of an outbreak of colonization by a wild-type Enterobacter cloacae and its AmpC-hyper-producing derivative E cloacae in a neonatal intensive care unit. E cloacae hyper-producing AmpC β-lactamase isolates were found from neonate specimens and from environmental samples. All the isolates belonged to the same clone.
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