title: A cluster of serious Escherichia coli infections in a neonatal intensive-care unit.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242-1081, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Diekema
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Boyken
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Buschelman
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pfaller
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Herwaldt
mesh_terms: 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