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1677652

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
An outbreak caused by a Klebsiella aerogenes resistant to ceftazidime, cefuroxime, cefotaxime, ampicillin and piperacillin and sensitive to aminoglycosides, imipenem and temocillin occurred in a teaching hospital's busy multi-disciplinary Intensive Care Unit over a 3-month period. Four patients had bacteraemia and a further four were colonized. Traditional infection control measures failed to eradicate the outbreak. The introduction of a selective gastrointestinal decontamination regimen consisting of tobramycin, amphotericin and colistin as a gel to the oropharynx, nose and rectum and a suspension via a nasogastric tube resulted in rapid disappearance of the outbreak strain with no new isolates being detected clinically or in surveillance specimens over an 8-week period.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0195-6701
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective decontamination of the gastrointestinal tract as an infection control measure.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Withington Hospital, Manchester.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article