Overcrowding in a neonatal intermediate care unit: impact on the incidence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms

Table 1 Patients tested positive on NIMCU during OV

Patient^a	Sex	MDRGN species	Mode of acquisition
A	m	Escherichia coli ESBL	vertical
B	m	Enterobacter aerogenes Ceph	nosocomial
C	m	Enterobacter cloacae Ceph	vertical
D	f	Enterobacter cloacae Ceph	vertical
E	m	Enterobacter cloacae Ceph	nosocomial transmitted to baby E by mother of baby C
F	f	Enterobacter cloacae Ceph	vertical

^anumbered consecutively. Abbreviations: m male, f female, Ceph resistance to 3rd/4th generation cephalosporin, ESBL extended spectrum beta-lactamase

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