title: [Nosocomial infections caused by multi-resistant Serratia marcescens at a university clinic--clinical aspects and drug resistance].
abstract: Serratia marcescens (S.m.) has become increasingly important as a nosocomial pathogen and displayed an increasing resistance to antimicrobial agents in the past decade. We recently studied in 1985 and 1986 an epidemic caused by multi resistant S.m. strains that involved 27 infants and 1 adult patient. 14 neonates (in most cases very low birth weight infants) in a neonatal intensive care unit developed a S.m.-septicemia and/or meningitis, 11 of them died. In a ward for young infants with congenital heart diseases 13 patients suffered a S.m. infection and one patient died in the adult intensive care unit in consequence of a S.m. septicemia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Halle
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Grauel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klare
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bollmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buchholz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scholowska-Köhler
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Witte
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Göldner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001604:Berlin; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Nosokomiale Infektionen durch multiresistente Serratin marcescens in einem Universitätsklinikum--Aspekte der Klinik und Chemotherapeutikaresistenz.