Article
Epidemiological survey of an outbreak of multiresistant Serratia marcescens by PCR-fingerprinting.
Infection - 1 Jan 2000
Debast S B, Melchers W J, Voss A, Hoogkamp-Korstanje J A, Meis J F
Abstract excerpt
During an outbreak of Serratia marcescens from May to November 1993 43 strains obtained from 27 ICU patients infected or colonized with multiresistant S. marcescens were genotypically characterized with random amplified polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR)-fingerprinting. In addition, 43 epidemio...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Sequence
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Disease Outbreaks
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Genotype
- Humans
- Intensive Care Units
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
- Reproducibility of Results
- Serratia Infections
- Serratia marcescens
- beta-Lactam Resistance