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Epidemiological Typing of Serratia marcescens Isolates by Whole-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing

John W. A. Rossen, Jill Dombrecht, Diederik Vanfleteren, Katrien De Bruyne, Alex van Belkum, Sigrid Rosema, Mariëtte Lokate, Erik Bathoorn, Sandra Reuter, Hajo Grundmann,

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2019 · 17 citations · 20 references

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Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen. It is notorious for its increasing antimicrobial resistance and its potential to cause outbreaks of colonization and infections, predominantly in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

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