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Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Infection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

G.A. Prasad ,
Paula G. Jones ,
Jacqueline Michaels ,
Jeffery S. Garland  and
Chandra R. Shivpuri
G.A. Prasad
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine and Neonatology, University of Wisconsin Medical School–Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Paula G. Jones*
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine and Neonatology, University of Wisconsin Medical School–Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jacqueline Michaels
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine and Neonatology, University of Wisconsin Medical School–Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jeffery S. Garland
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine and Neonatology, University of Wisconsin Medical School–Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chandra R. Shivpuri
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine and Neonatology, University of Wisconsin Medical School–Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*
945 N 12th St, PO-Box 342, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0342
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Abstract

We report an outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection in the neonatal intensive care unit of a community hospital. The outbreak involved eight neonates, (five infected and three colonized), one of whom died. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that all isolates were identical strains. Cohorting and isolation of the infected neonates helped to control the outbreak. No environmental source of infection was found.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , May 2001 , pp. 303 - 305
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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