Here we report an outbreak of extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella
pneumoniae that occurred in a neonatal intensive care unit in Northern Italy and involved 97 …

Background: Premature newborns represent a vulnerable population, at high risk of
acquiring nosocomial infections during neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission …

Outbreaks caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella
pneumoniae are difficult to control and closure of an affected unit is sometimes necessary …

Objectives: To investigate the molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase
(ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the neonatal intensive care unit of a university …

In spite of the adoption of third generation cephalosporin restriction policies, two
independent outbreaks by Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-producing …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most common etiological agents isolated from epidemic
outbreaks in neonatal wards. We describe how an extended-spectrum β-lactamase …

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (EPKP) strains are
frequently implicated in outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). During the …

In October 2012, an outbreak of gentamicin-resistant, ciprofloxacin non-susceptible
extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae occurred in a …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major pathogen implicated in nosocomial infections. Extended-
spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing K. pneumoniae isolates are a public health …

Among 110 randomly sampled strains from a collection of 247 extended-spectrum β-
lactamase (ESBL)-producing clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae collected from …