Intensive Care Unit Outbreak of Extended-Spectrum <i>β</i>-Lactamase–Producing <i>Klebsiella Pneumoniae</i> Controlled by Cohorting Patients and Reinforcing Infection Control Measures

Abstract

These data indicate that, in an intensive care department in which routine screening and contact precautions failed to prevent and interrupt an outbreak of ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae, reinforced infection control measures controlled the outbreak without major disruption of medical care.