Outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection in a neonatal intensive care unit
| Autor: | Jacqueline Michaels, Paula G. Jones, Jeffery S. Garland, Chandra R. Shivpuri, G.A. Prasad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty Neonatal intensive care unit Isolation (health care) Epidemiology Hospitals Community Hospitals community law.invention Microbiology Disease Outbreaks Serratia Infections law Intensive Care Units Neonatal medicine Humans Serratia marcescens Cross Infection Infection Control biology business.industry Infant Newborn Outbreak biology.organism_classification Intensive care unit Community hospital Electrophoresis Gel Pulsed-Field Infectious Diseases business |
| Zdroj: | Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 22(5) |
| ISSN: | 0899-823X |
| Popis: | We report an outbreak ofSerratia marcescensinfection in the neonatal intensive care unit of a community hospital. The outbreak involved eight neonates, (five infected and three colonized), one of whom died. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that all isolates were identical strains. Cohorting and isolation of the infected neonates helped to control the outbreak. No environmental source of infection was found. |
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