Investigation of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens in a neonatal intensive care unit

BAYRAMOĞLU G., Buruk K., DINC U., MUTLU M., YILMAZ G., ASLAN Y.

JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION, vol.44, no.2, pp.111-115, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jmii.2010.02.002
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.111-115
  • Keywords: Neonatal intensive care unit, Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), Serratia marcescens, FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, INFECTION
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Serratia marcescens is a well-known but relatively uncommon cause of nosocomial infections, particularly in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients. We investigated an outbreak of S marcescens in the NICU at the Farabi Hospital of Karadeniz Technical University in Trabzon, Turkey.