A cluster of serious Escherichia coli infections in a neonatal intensive-care unit

D J Diekema; J Barr; L D Boyken; B J Buschelman; R N Jones; M A Pfaller; L A Herwaldt

doi:10.1086/647536

A cluster of serious Escherichia coli infections in a neonatal intensive-care unit

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1997 Nov;18(11):774-6. doi: 10.1086/647536.

Authors

D J Diekema¹, J Barr, L D Boyken, B J Buschelman, R N Jones, M A Pfaller, L A Herwaldt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242-1081, USA.

PMID: 9397375
DOI: 10.1086/647536

Abstract

A cluster of serious Escherichia coli infections was identified among patients in a neonatal intensive-care unit. Infection control staff identified the outbreak because they realized that E coli rarely caused infections in this unit. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that one strain of E coli was transmitted among patients.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cluster Analysis
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / microbiology
Cross Infection / transmission
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Escherichia coli / classification
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
Escherichia coli Infections / transmission
Hospitals, University
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Iowa
Male
Treatment Outcome