1. An outbreak of conjunctivitis caused by multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Brazilian Newborn Intensive Care Unit
- Author
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Denise Von Dollinger Brito, Gontijo Filho Pp, Elias Jose Oliveira, Matos C, and Vânia Olivetti Steffen Abdallah
- Subjects
Microbiology (medical) ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Imipenem ,Neonatal intensive care unit ,Population ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Ceftazidime ,Drug resistance ,medicine.disease_cause ,lcsh:Microbiology ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,law.invention ,Disease Outbreaks ,law ,Ciprofloxacin ,Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial ,Intensive Care Units, Neonatal ,neonatal unit ,medicine ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Pseudomonas Infections ,education ,education.field_of_study ,Cross Infection ,business.industry ,Pseudomonas aeruginosa ,Infant, Newborn ,Outbreak ,Conjunctivitis ,Intensive care unit ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Infectious Diseases ,nosocomial infection ,business ,Brazil ,medicine.drug - Abstract
We report an outbreak of conjunctivitis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa involving seven infants admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Uberlândial Federal University Hospital between March and September 2001. Three infants developed systemic complications (01 sepsis and 02 pneumonias). Ten isolates were obtained from conjunctival cultures and all were resistant to ceftazidime and aminoglycosides. Fast identification of the organism and treatment with imipenem were important in containing the outbreak of P. aeruginosa.
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- 2003