[Serratia marcescens outbreak in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Guayaquil, Ecuador]. / Brote por Serratia marcescens en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales: Guayaquil-Ecuador.
Rev Chilena Infectol
; 33(6): 703-705, 2016 Dec.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28146199
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 strain. The infection rate was 17.6% and mortality rate was 33.3%. All isolates were resistant to aminoglycosides and susceptible to third generation cephalosporins and carbapenems. Clonality analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) revealed the presence of two closely related clones confirming the horizontal spread. Measures were taken by the committee such as: strengthening the hand hygiene, patient hygiene and cohort studies of gastrointestinal colonization, which allowed the control of the outbreak.
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Serratia marcescens
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Surtos de Doenças
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Infecções por Serratia
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Ecuador
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Chilena Infectol
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Chile