Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli sequence type 131 in a neonatal intensive care unit: efficient active surveillance prevented fatal outcome

摘要

Background: Outbreaks of infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) pose a major threat, especially to extremely preterm infants. This study describes a 35-day outbreak of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) in a tertiary-level NICU in Germany.