Temporally overlapping nosocomial outbreaks of Serratia marcescens infections: an unexpected result revealed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Jun;20(6):387-8. doi: 10.1086/503132.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / transmission*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Drug Contamination
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Germany
  • Hexetidine
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Serratia Infections / epidemiology
  • Serratia Infections / microbiology
  • Serratia Infections / transmission*
  • Serratia marcescens / classification*
  • Serratia marcescens / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Hexetidine