Disinfectant contaminated with Klebsiella oxytoca as a source of sepsis in babies

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作者
Reiss, I [1 ]
Borkhardt, A [1 ]
Füssle, R [1 ]
Sziegoleit, A [1 ]
Gortner, L [1 ]
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[1] Univ Giessen, Inst Med Microbiol, Dept Pediat, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02509-5
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 [临床医学]; 100201 [内科学];
摘要
We report an outbreak of sepsis from contaminated disinfectant in a neonatal and paediatric intensive-cam 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.
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