title: Outbreak of Sphingomonas paucimobilis septicemia in a neonatal intensive care unit.
abstract: We describe an outbreak of Sphingomonas paucimobilis in 13 newborn infants with septicemia and septic shock. Fifteen available isolates were obtained from patients and distilled water. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis showed that there was a cross-transmission of S. paucimobilis in eleven patients but these types were not the same the isolate obtained from the distilled water. The outbreak was terminated by taking appropriate control measures for infection and change of source of distilled water.
authors: Department of Pediatric, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. drmehmetmutlu38@hotmail.com
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Mutlu
authors: Gülçin
authors: G
authors: Bayramoglu
authors: Gürdal
authors: G
authors: Yilmaz
authors: Berna
authors: B
authors: Saygin
authors: Yakup
authors: Y
authors: Aslan
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D020578:Sphingomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology