Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of Enterobacter cloacae in the neonatal intensive care unit of a provincial hospital in Gauteng, South Africa.

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  • W H van Nierop
  • A G Duse
  • R G Stewart
  • Y R Bilgeri
  • H J Koornhof
چکیده

An outbreak of Enterobacter cloacae in the neonatal intensive care unit of a provincial hospital in Gauteng, South Africa, resulting in nine deaths was investigated. Macrorestriction analysis using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that three isolates of E. cloacae from blood cultures of patients, six from environmental sources, and one from the hands of a staff member belonged to the same genotypic cluster.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 36 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1998