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Risk Factors for Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Darren R. Linkin*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Neil O. Fishman
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jean Baldus Patel
Affiliation:
Epidemiology and Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Jeffrey D. Merrill
Affiliation:
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ebbing Lautenbach
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania, 502 Johnson Pavilion, MC 6073, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Abstract

Risk factors for colonization or infection with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae during an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) included low gestational age and exposure to third-generation cephalosporins. We also reviewed the existing medical literature regarding the clinical epidemiology of ESBLs in NICUs.

Type
Concise Communications
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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