title: Serratia marcescens in a newborn unit--microbiological features.
abstract: During a 12 mth period in a newborn unit (NBU), Serratia marcescens was isolated from 3 fatal cases of meningitis, 5 cases of septicemia, 5 of pneumonia, 4 or urinary tract infection and 15 of conjunctivitis. At the peak of the outbreak a 95% incidence of rectal colonization with S. marcescens was observed in the NBU. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of sodium dodecylsulphate disrupted Serratia (SDS-PAGE) established that all isolates were identical.
mesh_terms: D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000382:microbiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology