Risk Factors for Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Linkin, Darren R. MD; Fishman, Neil O. MD; Patel, Jean Baldus PhD, (D)ABMM; Merrill, Jeffrey D. MD; Lautenbach, Ebbing MD, MPH, MSCE
[Miscellaneous] Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 25(9):781-783, September 2004.

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Risk factors for colonization or infection with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae during an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) included low gestational age and exposure to third-generation cephalosporins. We also reviewed the existing medical literature regarding the clinical epidemiology of ESBLs in NICUs.

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