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Outbreak of neonatal infection by an endemic clone of Serratia marcescens.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Lima Karla Valéria Batista, Carvalho Raimundo Gladson Corrêa, Carneiro Irna Carla do Rosário Souza, Lima Josiane Lílian de Sousa, Sousa Cintya de Oliveira, Loureiro Edvaldo Carlos Brito, Sá Lena Líllian Canto de, Bastos Flávia Corrêa
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INTRODUCTION: The outbreak occurred between February and June 2006 and included identification of the cases, analysis of medical records, cultures from environmental sources, resistance analyses and genotyping profile of Serratia marcescens. METHODS: The cultures were composed of 13 blood isolates, 17 rectal and hand swabs and air sampling. RESULTS: The data obtained by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis exhibited...
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