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Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli sequence type 131 in a neonatal intensive care unit: efficient active surveillance prevented fatal outcome.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jun 2016
Silwedel C, Vogel U, Claus H, Glaser K, Speer C P, Wirbelauer J
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BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) pose a major threat, especially to extremely preterm infants. This study describes a 35-day outbreak of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) in a tertiary-level NICU in Germany. AIM: To underline the importance of surveillance policies in the particularly vulnerable cohort of preterm infants...
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