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Start Over Descriptor "Diseases transmission" Journal american journal of diseases of children (1960)
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1. A nursery outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection. Evidence of a single source of contamination

Author

John Fitsialos, John Messaritakis, Christina Koutsia, Dimitris Anagnostakis, and N. Matsaniotis

Subjects
Cross infection, Cross Infection, biology, Greece, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Outbreak, Bacterial Infections, Contamination, biology.organism_classification, Virology, Infant newborn, Infant, Newborn, Diseases, Microbiology, Disease Outbreaks, Nurseries, Hospital, Diseases transmission, Serratia marcescens, Medicine, Humans, business, Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
Abstract

An outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection occurred in a special neonatal unit. The epidemic involved seven newborns, one of whom died. Contaminated hand-washing brushes were implicated in the epidemic; their removal resulted in a dramatic elimination of the infection.

Published
1981

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