Outbreaks of Serratia marcescens bacteriuria in a neurosurgical intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital: A clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory perspective

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 595-601

  Yoon, Hee Jung ^a   Choi, Jun Yong ^a   Park, Yoon Soo ^a   Kim, Chang Oh ^a   Kim, June Myung ^a   Yong, Dong Eun ^a   Lee, Kyung Won ^a   Song, Young Goo ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BRAIN; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPINE SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRACHEOTOMY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIURIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUROSURGERY; RISK FACTORS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 28544444751     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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