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. 2001 Nov;22(11):723-5.
doi: 10.1086/501854.

Multiresistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae causing an outbreak of nosocomial bloodstream infection

A Gonzalez-Vertiz  1 , 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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Multiresistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae causing an outbreak of nosocomial bloodstream infection

A Gonzalez-Vertiz et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 Nov.

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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