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[Role of hygiene and bacteriological laboratories in the management of an epidemic of Enterobacter aerogenes multiresistant to antibiotics].
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Jan 2000
Meunier O, Stoessel P, Saint-Laurent P, Lutun P, Jehl F, Scheftel J M, Monteil H, Tempé J D, Bientz M
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We describe a multiresistant Enterobacter aerogenes outbreak in an intensive care-unit. An epidemiology study based on phenotypic characters (species diagnosis and antibiotype) was completed by a genotypic study (pulsed field electrophoresis) to confirm bacterial clonality. The hygiene laboratory proposed numerous preventive measures to limit bacterial dispersion. We describe the role of bacteriologists,...
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