Outbreak of Serratia marcescens postoperative infection traced to barbers and razors

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-50

  Leng, P ^a,b   Huang, W L ^a   He, T ^b   Wang, Y Z ^a   Zhang, H N ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Barbers; Postoperative outbreaks; Razor; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BIAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE PLUS SULBACTAM; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPINE SURGERY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND DRAINAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919341005     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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