| an outbreak of serratia marcescens in 14 adult cardiac surgical patients associated with 12-lead electrocardiogram bulbs. | two clusters of serratia marcescens in 14 adult cardiac surgical patients occurred over 10 months in an 876-bed teaching hospital. the 14 infections that were studied were as follows: one sternal and five leg incisions, five pneumonias, one bacteremia, one urinary tract infection, and one infected internal defibrillator site. the first cluster included four pneumonias, one urinary tract infection, and one bacteremia. corrective actions were taken based on outbreak data through no source was iden ... | 1992 | 1558444 |
| emergence of serine carbapenemases (kpc and sme) among clinical strains of enterobacteriaceae isolated in the united states medical centers: report from the mystic program (1999-2005). | among 8885 enterobacteriaceae tested in the 1999 to 2005 period as part of the usa meropenem yearly susceptibility test information collection (mystic) program, 51 strains with increased imipenem and meropenem mic values (> or =2 microg/ml) were detected. bla(kpc) was identified from 28 klebsiella pneumoniae from 3 medical centers in the new york city area (8 ribotypes), 2 klebsiella oxytoca from arkansas (same ribotype), 7 citrobacter freundii (6 from new york [5 ribotypes] and 1 from delaware) ... | 2006 | 17020798 |