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10982063

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
The occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing enterobacteria (ESBLE) has been prospectively surveyed in a neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU). Of the 47 patients examined, 8 were identified as faecal carriers, and 2 of them developed a subsequent urinary tract infection. ESBLE were also detected in the immediate environment of five colonized and/or infected patients. All isolates were Klebsiella pneumoniae of a particular biotype which exhibited a similar antibiotype and produced an SHV-4 type beta-lactamase. However, plasmid profiling and ribotyping revealed that strains isolated from seven patients of hall A were a single epidemic clone, whereas strains isolated from the eighth patient of hall B were different. Comparison between the characteristics of patients who carried an ESBLE during the surveillance period, and control patients who did not, showed that a recent surgery, and the length of ICU stay were significantly associated with the acquisition of ESBLE.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0950-2688
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
124
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
401-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Prospective survey of colonization and infection caused by SHV-4 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neurosurgical intensive care unit.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Université de Bordeaux 2, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article