Transient in Vivo Selection of a Constitutively Cephalosporin Resistant Enterobacter Cloacae Causing Ventriculitis

A case of neonatal ventriculitis complicating a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and caused by one strain of Enterobacter cloacae (as shown on pulsed field gel electrophoresis) is presented. Daily ventricular fluid cultures from day 1 to 9 revealed inducible cephalosporin resistance in all isolates except...

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Main Authors: Ari Joffe, Amin Kabani, Karam Ramotar, Wally Krulicki, Gisele Cadrain, Taj Jadavji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1995-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/539351