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

Table 2 Patients tested positive on NIMCU during POST-OV

Patient^a	Sex	MDRGN species	Mode of acquisition
A	m	Escherichia coli ESBL	vertical
F	f	Enterobacter cloacae Ceph	vertical (OV)
G	m	Enterobacter cloacae Ceph	nosocomial
H_twin1	m	Citrobacter freundii Ceph	vertical
H_twin2	m	Citrobacter freundii Ceph Acinetobacter baumannii	vertical
I	m	Escherichia coli ESBL	vertical
J	m	Escherichia coli ESBL/FQ	vertical

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

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