Risk factors for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Risk factors for colonization or infection with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae during an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) included low gestational age and exposure to third-generation cephalosporins. We also reviewed the existing medical literature regarding the clinical epidemiology of ESBLs in NICUs .
Department of Medicine, Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
Darren R
DR
Linkin
Neil O
NO
Fishman
Jean Baldus
JB
Patel
Jeffrey D
JD
Merrill
Ebbing
E
Lautenbach
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015143:Philadelphia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance