Gram-negative germs infections in infancy.
The incidence of systemic or local infections due to gram-negative bacilli in an Infant Ward from September 1969 to December 1976 was 7.9%. The 29.34% were septicemia, most of them as epidemic outbreaks caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella-Enterobacter and Serratia marcescens. Two facts are to be emphasized: an almost complete disappearance of systemic infections with Pseudomonas starting from 1972, and the global predominance of the group Klebsiella-Enterobacter, particularly evident from 1970 to 1972.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013030:Spain