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Israel: 9 Premature Babies Carry Klebsiella Pneumoniae, 1 Dies at Barzilai

Re: Israel: 9 Premature Babies Carry Klebsiella Pneumoniae, 1 Dies at Barzilai

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/nationa...ons-after-outbreak-kills-one-preemie-1.495391


Israel's Barzilai hospital takes precautions after outbreak kills one preemie
Nine of 13 in neonatal unit tested positive for Klebsiella, but none showed clinical signs of any diseases associated with the bacterium.
By Dan Even | Jan.21, 2013 | 6:25 PM

One infant has died and several more are seriously ill due to an outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant strain of a common bacterium in the preemie ward of Ashkelon's Barzilai Medical Center.

A baby who was born on January 7 died four days after being diagnosed with a serious intestinal illness. Hospital officials said that after Klebsiellawas detected in the infant's blood in the course of his hospitalization, the head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Shmuel Zangan, ordered tests for the presence of the bacterium for all the infants in the unit...
 
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