Microbiologic and clinical epidemiologic characteristics of the Chicago subset of a multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia

Monica K. Sikka; Mary K. Hayden; Stacy Pur; John Segreti; Alan A. Harris; Robert A. Weinstein; Gordon Trenholme

doi:10.1086/657074

Microbiologic and clinical epidemiologic characteristics of the Chicago subset of a multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia

Monica K. Sikka, Mary K. Hayden, Stacy Pur, John Segreti, Alan A. Harris, Robert A. Weinstein, Gordon Trenholme

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We describe 22 patients from a multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia that was linked to contaminated prefilled syringes of heparin and saline supplied by 1 manufacturer. Contents of unused syringes were cultured in pools; samples from 25 (5.3%) of 472 syringes grew S. marcescens. Despite good clinical outcomes overall, patients had substantial morbidity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1191-1193
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	31
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/657074
State	Published - Nov 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Microbiologic and clinical epidemiologic characteristics of the Chicago subset of a multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia

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