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Outbreak of Nosocomial Sepsis and Pneumonia in a Newborn Intensive Care Unit by Multiresistant Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae High Impact on Mortality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gerardo Martínez-Aguilar ,
Celia M. Alpuche-Aranda ,
Carmen Anaya ,
Dolores Alcantar-Curiel ,
Catalina Gayosso ,
Carlos Daza ,
Cesar Mijares ,
Juan C. Tinoco  and
Jose I. Santos
Gerardo Martínez-Aguilar
Affiliation:
Unidad de Investigation Medica en Epidemiologia Clinica, Hospital Regional de Zona No. 1, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Durango
Celia M. Alpuche-Aranda*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico-Hospital General de Mexico, Hospital General de Durango, SSA, Durango, Mexico
Carmen Anaya
Affiliation:
Unidad de Investigation Medica en Epidemiologia Clinica, Hospital Regional de Zona No. 1, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Durango
Dolores Alcantar-Curiel
Affiliation:
Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico-Hospital General de Mexico, Hospital General de Durango, SSA, Durango, Mexico
Catalina Gayosso
Affiliation:
Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico-Hospital General de Mexico, Hospital General de Durango, SSA, Durango, Mexico
Carlos Daza
Affiliation:
Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico-Hospital General de Mexico, Hospital General de Durango, SSA, Durango, Mexico
Cesar Mijares
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Microbiologia, Hospital General de Durango, SSA, Durango, Mexico
Juan C. Tinoco
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Microbiologia, Hospital General de Durango, SSA, Durango, Mexico
Jose I. Santos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico-Hospital General de Mexico, Hospital General de Durango, SSA, Durango, Mexico
*
Medicina Experimental, UNAM-Hospital General de Mexico, Dr. Balmis 148, 06726, Mexico DE
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Abstract

We describe a case-control study of a small outbreak of nosocomial sepsis and pneumonia with high mortality due to clonal dissemination of a multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the neonatal intensive care unit of a Mexican institution. Our study helped to change nosocomial infection control policy in this hospital.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 11 , November 2001 , pp. 725 - 728
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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