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Transmission Risk on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Escherichia coli versus Klebsiella pneumoniae

Isolation precautions required for neonatal intensive care units are part of a bundle with the aim to prevent transmission, colonization, and infection with multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens as neonates face an increased risk of mortality and morbidity in case of infection. The following s...

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Autores principales: Artelt, Tanja, Kaase, Martin, Bley, Ivonne, Eiffert, Helmut, Mellmann, Alexander, Küster, Helmut, Lange, Martina, Scheithauer, Simone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1525072
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author Artelt, Tanja
Kaase, Martin
Bley, Ivonne
Eiffert, Helmut
Mellmann, Alexander
Küster, Helmut
Lange, Martina
Scheithauer, Simone
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description Isolation precautions required for neonatal intensive care units are part of a bundle with the aim to prevent transmission, colonization, and infection with multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens as neonates face an increased risk of mortality and morbidity in case of infection. The following short report describes a transmission of 3MDRGN Klebsiella pneumoniae on a neonatal intensive care unit in a university hospital in Germany. This transmission occurred even though intensified infection control measures were in place, which impressively shows the importance of surveillance, outbreak management, and awareness of contributing factors regarding outbreak situations.
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spelling pubmed-59491982018-05-31 Transmission Risk on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Escherichia coli versus Klebsiella pneumoniae Artelt, Tanja Kaase, Martin Bley, Ivonne Eiffert, Helmut Mellmann, Alexander Küster, Helmut Lange, Martina Scheithauer, Simone Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol Research Article Isolation precautions required for neonatal intensive care units are part of a bundle with the aim to prevent transmission, colonization, and infection with multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens as neonates face an increased risk of mortality and morbidity in case of infection. The following short report describes a transmission of 3MDRGN Klebsiella pneumoniae on a neonatal intensive care unit in a university hospital in Germany. This transmission occurred even though intensified infection control measures were in place, which impressively shows the importance of surveillance, outbreak management, and awareness of contributing factors regarding outbreak situations. Hindawi 2018-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5949198/ /pubmed/29854033 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1525072 Text en Copyright © 2018 Tanja Artelt et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Transmission Risk on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Escherichia coli versus Klebsiella pneumoniae
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title_sort transmission risk on a neonatal intensive care unit: escherichia coli versus klebsiella pneumoniae
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1525072
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