| continued surveillance of serratia marcescens infections by bacteriocin typing: investigation of two outbreaks of cross-infection in an intensive care unit. | during an 8.5-month period, 198 additional isolates of serratia marcescens were typed by bacteriocin sensitivity; 154 isolates were typable and were categorized according to our current system of 54 provisional bacteriocin sensitivity patterns. two outbreaks of nosocomial infection due to s. marcescens occurred in our intensive care unit, involving two and five patients, respectively. the latter outbreak was caused by a strain of s. marcescens which was not sensitive to any of the 10 bacteriocin ... | 1972 | 4555641 |
| epidemiological surveillance of serratia marcescens infections by bacteriocin typing. | during 10 months, 155 isolates of serratia marcescens were cultured from 105 patients, of whom 49 were considered to have significant infection. the 155 isolates were typed by bacteriocin sensitivity, and 137 (88.4%) were assigned to 37 provisional bacteriocin groups; 18 isolates were nontypable. no major outbreaks of nosocomial infection were demonstrable; however, there were four chronologically separate minor episodes of cross-infection that involved two or three patients per room or unit, re ... | 1971 | 4944804 |
| serratia marcescens nosocomial infections of the urinary tract associated with urine measuring containers and urinometers. | an outbreak of nosocomial infections of the urinary tract due to a multiply drug-resistant strain of serratia marcescens occurred at a community hospital. acquisition of the epidemic strain was associated with the following factors: (1) exposure to the intensive care unit, (2) presence of an indwelling bladder catheter, (3) treatment with antibiotics, and (4) exposure to devices used from measurements of specific gravity and urine volume. an extensive microbiologic evaluation of the hospital env ... | 1981 | 7011020 |