Recurrent outbreaks of Serratia marcescens among neonates and infants at a pediatric department: an outbreak analysis

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 891-898

  Ivady B ^a,b   Szabo D ^b   Damjanova, I ^c   Pataki, M ^d   Szabo M ^d   Kenesei, E ^d  

^a HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Neonate; Outbreak; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 84918823495     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0654-9     Document Type: Article

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