Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of Enterobacter cloacae in the neonatal intensive care unit of a provincial hospital in Gauteng, South Africa.
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.
van Nierop
W H
WH
Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa. 174wim@chiron.wits.ac.za
Duse
A G
AG
Stewart
R G
RG
Bilgeri
Y R
YR
Koornhof
H J
HJ
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology