Investigation of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-115

  Bayramoglu, Gulcin ^a   Buruk, Kurtuluş ^a   Dinc, Ugur ^a   Mutlu, Mehmet ^a   Yilmaz, Gurdal ^a   Aslan, Yakup ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPTICEMIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MILK, HUMAN; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TURKEY;

EID: 79952900987     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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