Outbreak of neonatal septicemia with multidrug resistantKlebsiella Pneumoniae |
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| Authors: | Mandira Banerjee Krishna Sahu S Bhattacharya Sati Adhya P Bhowmick P Chakraborty |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Calcutta;(2) Department of Pediatrics, Medical College, E.C. 63, Sector 1, Salt Lake, 700 064 Calcutta |
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| Abstract: | A nosocomial outbreak of neonatal septicemia due toK. pneumoniae occurred in nursery during June–July, 1991.Klebsiella pneumoniae (Klebocin type 314) was recovered from blood of 33(70.2%) of 47 neonates with septicemia. Multiple drug resistance was observed
in all the cases. The same strain ofK. pneumoniae was recovered from the neonates and environment of nursery and labour room as well. The outbreak was attributable to environmental
dissemination. |
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| Keywords: | Neonatal septicemia K pneumoniae Multiple drug resistance |
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