A cluster of bloodstream infections caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies pasteurianus that involved 5 preterm neonates in a university hospital during a 2-month period

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Feb;31(2):194-6. doi: 10.1086/650380.

Authors

Nathalie Floret¹, Pascale Bailly, Michelle Thouverez, Catherine Blanchot, Dolores Alez-Martin, Alain Menget, Gérard Thiriez, Bruno Hoen, Daniel Talon, Xavier Bertrand

Affiliation

¹ Réseau Franc-Comtois de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, France. nfloret@chu-besancon.fr

PMID: 20001733
DOI: 10.1086/650380

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / microbiology
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
France / epidemiology
Hospitals, University*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases / epidemiology*
Infant, Premature, Diseases / microbiology
Male
Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
Streptococcus* / classification
Streptococcus* / genetics
Streptococcus* / isolation & purification