• East Afr Med J · Apr 1994

    Case Reports

    An outbreak of intravenous cannulae associated nosocomial septicaemia due to multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    • S A Murphy, B Lowe, J K Maghenda, and J G Apollo.
    • Kenya Medical Research Institute, Coastal-Unit, Kilifi.
    • East Afr Med J. 1994 Apr 1;71(4):271-2.

    AbstractWe present the clinical course of four children involved in an outbreak of intravenous cannulae associated nosocomial septicaemia due to multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. The patients involved, two of whom died became bacteraemic within a three week period, and evidence for an environmental source of the organism was obtained.

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