Consecutive Serratia marcescens multiclone outbreaks in a neonatal intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 637-642

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a   Tryfinopoulou, Kyriaki ^a   Katerelos, Panos ^a   Ftika, Lemonia ^a   Pappa, Olga ^a   Tseroni, Maria ^a   Kostis, Evangelos ^b   Kostalos, Christos ^b   Prifti, Helen ^b   Tzanetou, Konstantina ^b   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis ^a,c  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Carriage; Infection; Infection control; Total parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION SOLUTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 84865725211     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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