作者: Karla Valéria Batista Lima , Raimundo Gladson Corrêa Carvalho , Irna Carla do Rosário Souza Carneiro , Josiane Lílian de Sousa Lima , Cintya de Oliveira Sousa
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011000100024
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摘要: INTRODUCTION: The outbreak occurred between February and June 2006 included identification of the cases, analysis medical records, cultures from environmental sources, resistance analyses genotyping profile Serratia marcescens. METHODS: were composed 13 blood isolates, 17 rectal hand swabs air sampling. RESULTS: data obtained by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis exhibited three strains that contaminated 24 patients. Systemic infection was most common in neonates with lower weight, long periods hospitalization, premature delivery use mechanical ventilation. CONCLUSIONS: This investigation revealed multifactorial nature outbreak. An endemic clone S. marcescens detected.