Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 24, 16 June 2011
Rapid communications
Rapidly controlled outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection/colonisations in a neonatal intensive care unit, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy, April 2011
E Polilli<SUP>1</SUP>, G Parruti (
)<SUP>2</SUP>, P Fazii<SUP>3</SUP>, D D?Antonio<SUP>1</SUP>, D Palmieri<SUP>4</SUP>, C D?Incecco<SUP>5</SUP>, A Mangifesta<SUP>5</SUP>, G Garofalo<SUP>2</SUP>, L Del Duca<SUP>6</SUP>, C D?Amario<SUP>7</SUP>, M Scimia<SUP>8</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Polilli E, Parruti G, Fazii P, D?Antonio D, Palmieri D, D?Incecco C, Mangifesta A, Garofalo G, Del Duca L, D?Amario C, Scimia M. Rapidly controlled outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection/colonisations in a neonatal intensive care unit, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy, April 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(24)
ii=19892. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19892
Date of submission: 09 June 2011 <HR>In April 2011, an outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection/colonisations occurred in the neonatal intensive care unit of Pescara General Hospital. Rapid microbiological investigations lead to identification of five cases of likely cross-transmission from a neonate hospitalised for S. marcescens sepsis: four infections and one neonate colonised post-mortem. Two low birth weight neonates died. The environmental investigation detected S. marcescens from two soap dispensers. Strict hygiene measures lead to early interruption of the outbreak, without recurrences to date.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 24, 16 June 2011
Rapid communications
Rapidly controlled outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection/colonisations in a neonatal intensive care unit, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy, April 2011
E Polilli<SUP>1</SUP>, G Parruti (
- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Santo Spirito General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Infection Control Unit, Santo Spirito General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Clinical Pathology Unit, Santo Spirito General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Epidemiological Office, Santo Spirito General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Santo Spirito General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- Health Department Unit, Santo Spirito Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
- General Direction, Pescara Health District, Pescara, Italy
- Risk Management Unit, Pescara Health District, Pescara, Italy
Citation style for this article: Polilli E, Parruti G, Fazii P, D?Antonio D, Palmieri D, D?Incecco C, Mangifesta A, Garofalo G, Del Duca L, D?Amario C, Scimia M. Rapidly controlled outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection/colonisations in a neonatal intensive care unit, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy, April 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(24)
ii=19892. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19892 Date of submission: 09 June 2011 <HR>In April 2011, an outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection/colonisations occurred in the neonatal intensive care unit of Pescara General Hospital. Rapid microbiological investigations lead to identification of five cases of likely cross-transmission from a neonate hospitalised for S. marcescens sepsis: four infections and one neonate colonised post-mortem. Two low birth weight neonates died. The environmental investigation detected S. marcescens from two soap dispensers. Strict hygiene measures lead to early interruption of the outbreak, without recurrences to date.