Cost of Nosocomial Outbreak Caused by NDM-1–Containing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the Netherlands, October 2015–January 2016
During October–December 2015, 29 patients in a hospital in the Netherlands acquired nosocomial infection with a multidrug-resistant, New Delhi-metallo-β-lactamase–positive Klebsiella pneumoniae strain. Extensive infection control measures were needed to stop this outbreak. The estimated economic impact of the outbreak was $804,263; highest costs were associated with hospital bed closures.
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 9, Pp 1574-1576 (2017) |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Schlagwörter: | nosocomial / HRMO / Klebsiella pneumoniae / CPE / Enterobacteriaceae / economic / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26802710 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.161710 |