An outbreak of Serratia marcescens sepsis in a pediatric ward

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1000-1002

  Kim, Ji Hyun ^a   Choi, Wook Hyun ^a   Yun, Sin Weon ^a   Chae, Soo Ahn ^a   Yoo, Byoung Hoon ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; TETRACYCLINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEBULIZATION; PEDIATRIC WARD; SEPSIS; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BACTEREMIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 77956843088     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809351238     Document Type: Article

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