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Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (6), 2016

We report a Serratia marcescens outbreak occurred in the NICU of a pediatric hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Nine cases of infection were detected, from which septicemia was developed in 55.5%. The index case was a newborn derived from another institution with septic arthritis caused by the outbreak stra...

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Rev. Nac. (Itauguá); 8 (2), 2016

Introducción: Serratia marcescens, bacilo Gram negativo, familia enterobacteriaceae; se encuentra en la flora intestinal del hombre y animales, en el medio ambiente y en reservorios como agua, cañerías, llaves, en insumos hospitalarios como jabones y antisépticos. Objetivos: determinar la presenci...

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Rev. chil. infectol; 19 (4), 2002

We describe a nosocomial outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections in different departaments, which occurred between May and December 2001. It involved 85 patients, 72 with clinical infections and 13 in which the strains isolated were found as colonization. The most common site was urinary tract infecti...

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