Management and investigation of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal unit in Switzerland - the role of hand hygiene and whole genome sequencing - R1, ARIC-D-17-00143

Zingg, Walter; Soulake, Isabelle; Baud, Damien; Huttner, Benedikt; Pfister, Riccardo; Renzi, Gesuele; Pittet, Didier; Schrenzel, Jacques; Francois, Patrice

doi:10.1186/s13756-017-0285-x

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Management and investigation of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal unit in Switzerland - the role of hand hygiene and whole genome sequencing - R1, ARIC-D-17-00143

ContributorsZingg, Walter; Soulake, Isabelle; Baud, Damien; Huttner, Benedikt

; Pfister, Riccardo; Renzi, Gesuele; Pittet, Didier; Schrenzel, Jacques; Francois, Patrice

Published inAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, vol. 6, 125

Publication date2017

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Many outbreaks due to Serratia marcescens among neonates have been described in the literature but little is known about the role of whole genome sequencing in outbreak analysis and management.

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ZINGG, Walter et al. Management and investigation of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal unit in Switzerland - the role of hand hygiene and whole genome sequencing - R1, ARIC-D-17-00143. In: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2017, vol. 6, p. 125. doi: 10.1186/s13756-017-0285-x