Clustering of Serratia marcescens infections in a neonatal intensive care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 723-729

  Sarvikivi, Emmi ^a   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^c   Salmenlinna, Saara ^c   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^b,c   Luukkainen, Päivi ^a   Tarkka, Eveliina ^b   Saxén, Harri ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4744351394     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502467     Document Type: Article

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