Article
[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
Abstract excerpt
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...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteriology
- Cross Infection
- Disease Outbreaks
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Humans
- Hygiene
- Klebsiella Infections
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Laboratories
- Phenotype