• Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao · Oct 2008

    [A case of Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a newborn intensive care unit].

    • Gui-Ping Li, Jiong Zhou, Xiao-Jun Ma, Hong-Li Sun, Hui Wang, and Ying-Chun Xu.
    • Hospital-acquired Infection Control Office, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
    • Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao. 2008 Oct 1;30(5):540-2.

    ObjectiveTo investigate and take a case study on a Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a newborn intensive care unit (NICU).MethodsUsing epidemiological investigation method to cultivate bacilli and detect the homology.ResultsKlebsiella pneumonia was detected in 4 NICU patients. Based on environmental sample analyses, four Klebsiella pneumonia strains were identified and confirmed to be highly homologous. The outbreak was effectively controlled after the strict implementation of hand hygiene practice and environment disinfection.ConclusionKlebsiella pneumonia outbreak in NICU may be caused by the route of hand transmission.

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