| Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000290766 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Autors: | Gontijo-Filho, Paulo Pinto1 Brito, D.V.D Oliveira, E.J Matos, C Abdallah, V.O.S |
| Institucions: | 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais. Brasil |
| Any: | 2003 |
| Període: | Ago |
| Volum: | 7 |
| Número: | 4 |
| Paginació: | 234-235 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | 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 |
| Disciplines | Medicina |
| Paraules clau: | Hospitales, Microbiología, Pediatría, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Infección hospitalaria, Unidad de neonatología |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Hospitals, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Nosocomial infections, Neonatal unit |
| Text complet: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
