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Microbiologic and Clinical Epidemiologic Characteristics of the Chicago Subset of a Multistate Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Bacteremia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Monica K. Sikka ,
Mary K. Hayden ,
Stacy Pur ,
John Segreti ,
Alan A. Harris ,
Robert A. Weinstein  and
Gordon Trenholme
Monica K. Sikka
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Mary K. Hayden*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Stacy Pur
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
John Segreti
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Alan A. Harris
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Robert A. Weinstein
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Stroger (Cook County) Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Gordon Trenholme
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
*
Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612 (mhayden@rush.edu)
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We describe 22 patients from a multistate outbreak of Serraría marcescens bacteremia that was linked to contaminated prefilled syringes of heparin and saline supplied by 1 manufacturer. Contents of unused syringes were cultured in pools samples from 25 (5.3%) of 472 syringes grew S. marcescens. Despite good clinical outcomes overall, patients had substantial morbidity.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 11 , November 2010 , pp. 1191 - 1193
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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