A cluster of serious Escherichia coli infections in a neonatal intensive-care unit.
A cluster of serious Escherichia coli infections was identified among patients in a neonatal intensive-care unit. Infection control staff identified the outbreak because they realized that E coli rarely caused infections in this unit. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that one strain of E coli was transmitted among patients.
Diekema
D J
DJ
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242-1081, USA.
Barr
J
J
Boyken
L D
LD
Buschelman
B J
BJ
Jones
R N
RN
Pfaller
M A
MA
Herwaldt
L A
LA
D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007484:Iowa; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome