Investigation of sequential outbreaks of Burkholderia cepacia and multidrug-resistant extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Klebsiella species in a West African tertiary hospital neonatal unit: a retrospective genomic analysis

Investigation of sequential outbreaks of Burkholderia cepacia and multidrug-resistant extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Klebsiella species in a West African tertiary hospital neonatal unit: a retrospective genomic analysis

Summary: Background: Sick newborns admitted to neonatal units in low-resource settings are at an increased risk of developing hospital-acquired infections due to poor clinical care practices. Clusters of infection, due to the same species, with a consistent antibiotic resistance profile, and in the...

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Main Authors: Uduak Okomo, PhD, Madikay Senghore, PhD, Saffiatou Darboe, MSc, Ebrima Bojang, MRes, Syed M A Zaman, PhD, Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, MBBS, Davis Nwakanma, PhD, Kirsty Le Doare, PhD, Kathryn E Holt, ProfPhD, Nina Judith Hos, MD, Joy E Lawn, ProfFMedSCi, Stephen D Bentley, PhD, Beate Kampmann, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:The Lancet Microbe
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666524720300616

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