Rapidly controlled outbreak of serratia marcescens infection/colonisations in a neonatal intensive care unit, Pescara general hospital, Pescara, Italy, april 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Polilli, E ^a   Parruti, G ^a   Fazii, P ^a   D'Antonio, D ^a   Palmieri, D ^a   D'Incecco, C ^a   Mangifesta, A ^a   Garofalo, G ^a   del Duca, L ^a   D'Amario, C ^b   Scimia, M ^c   Cortesi, V ^b   Fortunato, V ^a  

^a Santo Spirito General Hospital   (Italy)

^b Pescara Health District   (Italy)

^c Pescara Health District   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 79959678260     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.24.19892-en     Document Type: Article

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