title: Disinfectant contaminated with Klebsiella oxytoca as a source of sepsis in babies.
abstract: We report an outbreak of sepsis from contaminated disinfectant in a neonatal and paediatric intensive-care unit. 28 infants were infected with Klebsiella oxytoca and basic measures to control the outbreak failed. The resistance of K. oxytoca against the disinfectant was probably mediated by capsule formation, visible as mucoid colonies.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borkhardt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Füssle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sziegoleit
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gortner
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004202:Disinfectants; D004340:Drug Contamination; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants