Literature DB >> 2645154

A hospital outbreak of Serratia marcescens in neurosurgical patients.

A M Lewis1, J R Stephenson, J Garner, F Afshar, S Tabaqchali.   

Abstract

We report an outbreak of serious infections with Serratia marcescens in patients on a neurosurgery ward. The epidemiological investigations undertaken are described. Features of outbreaks of infection with serratia and control measures are discussed.

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Year:  1989        PMID： 2645154      PMCID： PMC2249315          DOI： 10.1017/s0950268800029691

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Epidemiol Infect        ISSN： 0950-2688            Impact factor:   2.451


  18 in total

1.  HOSPITAL INFECTION WITH PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN NEUROSURGERY.

Authors:  G A AYLIFFE; E J LOWBURY; J G HAMILTON; J M SMALL; E A ASHESHOV; M T PARKER
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1965-08-21       Impact factor: 79.321

2.  Nosocomial urinary tract infection with Serratia marcescens: an epidemiologic study.

Authors:  D G Maki; C G Hennekens; C W Phillips; W V Shaw; J V Bennett
Journal:  J Infect Dis       Date:  1973-11       Impact factor: 5.226

3.  Proceedings: An epidemic due to Serratia marcescens in a neurosurgical unit.

Authors:  K B Rogers; B Gittens
Journal:  J Clin Pathol       Date:  1974-11       Impact factor: 3.411

4.  Cross-infection with Serratia marcescens in an intensive-therapy unit.

Authors:  J L Whitby; J N Blair; A Rampling
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1972-07-15       Impact factor: 79.321

5.  Contaminated antiseptic solutions.

Authors:  P H Palmer; L M McCracken
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1970-10-10       Impact factor: 79.321

6.  Serratia marcescens infections from inhalation therapy medications: nosocomial outbreak.

Authors:  C V Sanders; J P Luby; W G Johanson; J A Barnett; J P Sanford
Journal:  Ann Intern Med       Date:  1970-07       Impact factor: 25.391

7.  Control of a single source nursery epidemic due to Serratia marcescens.

Authors:  R C McCormack; C M Kunin
Journal:  Pediatrics       Date:  1966-05       Impact factor: 7.124

8.  An outbreak of nosocomial infection due to multiply resistant Serratia marcescens: evidence of interhospital spread.

Authors:  D R Schaberg; R H Alford; R Anderson; J J Farmer; M A Melly; W Schaffner
Journal:  J Infect Dis       Date:  1976-08       Impact factor: 5.226

9.  A nursery outbreak caused by Serratia marcescens--scalp-vein needles as a portal of entry.

Authors:  W E Stamm; C A Kolff; E M Dones; R Javariz; R L Anderson; J J Farmer; H R de Quinones
Journal:  J Pediatr       Date:  1976-07       Impact factor: 4.406

10.  Two mechanisms for hypothyroidism after 131I therapy.

Authors:  J F Malone; M J Cullen
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1976-07-10       Impact factor: 79.321
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  4 in total

1.  Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the DNA gyrase gyrA gene from Serratia marcescens and characterization of mutations in gyrA of quinolone-resistant clinical isolates.

Authors:  J H Kim; E H Cho; K S Kim; H Y Kim; Y M Kim
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  1998-01       Impact factor: 5.191

Review 2.  Serratia infections: from military experiments to current practice.

Authors:  Steven D Mahlen
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2011-10       Impact factor: 26.132

3.  Comparison of serotype, biotype and bacteriocin type with rDNA RFLP patterns for the type identification of Serratia marcescens.

Authors:  R Alonso; H M Aucken; J C Perez-Diaz; B D Cookson; F Baquero; T L Pitt
Journal:  Epidemiol Infect       Date:  1993-08       Impact factor: 2.451

4.  Epidemiological survey of an outbreak of multiresistant Serratia marcescens by PCR-fingerprinting.

Authors:  S B Debast; W J Melchers; A Voss; J A Hoogkamp-Korstanje; J F Meis
Journal:  Infection       Date:  1995 Sep-Oct       Impact factor: 3.553
  4 in total

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