scholarly journals Three Consecutive Outbreaks of Serratia marcescens in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 767-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Fleisch ◽  
Urs Zimmermann-Baer ◽  
Reinhard Zbinden ◽  
Gian Bischoff ◽  
Romaine Arlettaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Serratia Marcescens ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care

scholarly journals Control Measures Against Serratia marcescens Colonization at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of UOEH Hospital

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takako IKENO ◽  
Tadao TANABE ◽  
Tetsuro MURATANI ◽  
Noriko NAKANO ◽  
Tomoko KOTAKE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Serratia Marcescens ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Control Measures

Outbreak ofSerratia marcescensInfection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 303-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.A. Prasad ◽  
Paula G. Jones ◽  
Jacqueline Michaels ◽  
Jeffery S. Garland ◽  
Chandra R. Shivpuri
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Serratia Marcescens ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Community Hospital ◽  
Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Pulsed Field ◽  
Source Of Infection

AbstractWe report an outbreak ofSerratia marcescensinfection 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.

scholarly journals Nosocomial outbreak of Serratia marcescens in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: what to do not to close the unit when cohorting is not enough

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenza Pugni ◽  
Rosaria Maria Colombo ◽  
Mariella Falbo ◽  
Marina Casartelli ◽  
Beatrice Ghirardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Serratia Marcescens ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Nosocomial Outbreak

scholarly journals An Outbreak of Serratia marcescens in a Moroccan Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Abdellatif Daoudi ◽  
Fatiha Benaoui ◽  
Nadia El Idrissi Slitine ◽  
Nabila Soraa ◽  
Fadl Mrabih Rabou Maoulainine
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Serratia Marcescens ◽  
Nosocomial Infections ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Empiric Antibiotic Therapy ◽  
Epidemic Period ◽  
The Mean

Serratia marcescens (S. marcescens) is an Enterobacteriaceae microorganism that is widespread in the environment, which may be the source of nosocomial infections, rare in the newborn but severe, and often in the form of outbreaks. The aim of our study is to report our experience, during an outbreak of S. marcescens, to show the severity of this germ, with review of the literature. Our study was retrospective, including 8 newborns with S. marcescens nosocomial infection, collected in the neonatal intensive care unit of Mohammed VI University Medical Hospital, during the epidemic period, over a period of 2 months (July and August 2016). The mean gestational age of the cases was 36 weeks of amenorrhea. Boys accounted for 75% of the cases. The average weight was 1853 grams. All the patients were initially placed under empiric antibiotic therapy based on ceftriaxone and gentamicin. The mean duration of nosocomial infection, diagnosed in all cases by blood cultures, was 7 days. The strains of S. marcescens were in 75% of the cases sensitive to the cephalosporins, intermediate sensitivity in 12.5% of cases and resistant in 12.5% of cases. The outcome was fatal in 62.5% of cases. S. marcescens nosocomial infections are often reported on epidemic series, and their eradication is not always easy.

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