Multiresistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae causing an outbreak of nosocomial bloodstream infection. |
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| Authors: | A Gonzalez-Vertiz D Alcantar-Curiel M Cuauhtli C Daza C Gayosso G Solache C Horta F Mejia J I Santos C Alpuche-Aranda |
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| Affiliation: | Epidemiology Surveillance Department, School of Medicine, UNAM, México City, México. |
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| Abstract: | This article describes an outbreak of bloodstream infection due to clonal dissemination of multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal area, during August 1999, in Mexico City General Hospital. The intestinal tract was the likely reservoir, and intensification of Contact Precaution measures contained the outbreak. |
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