| rapidly controlled outbreak of serratia marcescens infection/colonisations in a neonatal intensive care unit, pescara general hospital, pescara, italy, april 2011. | in april 2011, an outbreak of serratia marcescens infection/ colonisations occurred in the neonatal intensive care unit of pescara general hospital. rapid microbiological investigations lead to identification of five cases of likely cross-transmission from a neonate hospitalised for s. marcescens sepsis: four infections and one neonate colonised post-mortem. two low birth weight neonates died. the environmental investigation detected s. marcescens from two soap dispensers. strict hygiene measure ... | 2011 | 21699768 |