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 | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

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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