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An outbreak of conjunctivitis caused by multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Brazilian Newborn Intensive Care Unit
- Source :
- Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 234-235, Published: AUG 2003, Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 234-235
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2003.
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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.
- 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
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 234-235, Published: AUG 2003, Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 234-235
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....039d167767250d4ee789ee2e7da8bddf