Use of real time pulsed field gel electrophoresis to guide interventions during a nursery outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 357-360

  Hoyen, Claudia ^a,b   Rice, Louis ^a   Conte, Susan ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^a   Walsh Sukys, Michele ^a   Toltzis, Philip ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic outbreak; Neonatal intensive care units; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0032913156     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199904000-00010     Document Type: Article

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