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Outbreak of neonatal septicemia with multidrug resistantKlebsiella Pneumoniae

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A nosocomial outbreak of neonatal septicemia due toK. pneumoniae occurred in nursery during June–July, 1991.Klebsiella pneumoniae (Klebocin type 314) was recovered from blood of 33(70.2%) of 47 neonates with septicemia. Multiple drug resistance was observed in all the cases. The same strain ofK. pneumoniae was recovered from the neonates and environment of nursery and labour room as well. The outbreak was attributable to environmental dissemination.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Calcutta

    Mandira Banerjee, Krishna Sahu, S. Bhattacharya & Sati Adhya

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Medical College, E.C. 63, Sector 1, Salt Lake, 700 064, Calcutta

    P. Bhowmick & P. Chakraborty

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Banerjee, M., Sahu, K., Bhattacharya, S. et al. Outbreak of neonatal septicemia with multidrug resistantKlebsiella Pneumoniae . Indian J Pediatr 60, 25–27 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860501

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