Molecular epidemiology of a cluster of cases due to Klebsiella pneumoniae producing SHV-5 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in the premature intensivecare unit of a Hungarian hospital

Authors
Szabo, D Filetoth, Z Szentandrassy, J Nemedi, M Toth, E Jeney, C Kispal, G Rozgonyi, F
Citation
D. Szabo et al., Molecular epidemiology of a cluster of cases due to Klebsiella pneumoniae producing SHV-5 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in the premature intensivecare unit of a Hungarian hospital, J CLIN MICR, 37(12), 1999, pp. 4167-4169
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
12
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4167 - 4169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(199912)37:12<4167:MEOACO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Fifteen nosocomial cases of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Kleb siella pneumoniae occurred among 132 neonates in a premature intensive care unit in Hungary in June through November 1998. Fourteen strains were indis tinguishable by molecular biological typing and harbored the same single co njugative extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-encoding plasmid that was sponta neously found in a Serratia marcescens strain in the same patient.