Prolonged outbreak of Serratia marcescens in Tartu University Hospital: A case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Adamson, Vivika ^a   Mitt, Piret ^a   Pisarev, Heti ^b   Metsvaht, Tuuli ^a   Telling, Kaidi ^a   Naaber, Paul ^c   Maimets, Matti ^a  

^a TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; RISK FACTORS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 84868225908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-281     Document Type: Article

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