Eurosurveillance · 2011 · 29 citations · 9 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologyOutbreak InvestigationSepsisBacterial InfectionsInfection SurveillanceNeonatal InfectionsNeonatal Infectious DiseasesNeonatal Intensive CareNeonatal SepsisBacterial Infections In NewbornsMicrobiological HazardsNeonatal Bacterial InfectionNeonatal Infection EpidemiologyNeonatal Infectious Disease EpidemiologyNeonatal Intensive Care Unit AdmissionNeonatal Sepsis EpidemiologyPediatric Infections
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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