Serratia marcescensBacteremia Traced to an Infused Narcotic
- 16 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 346 (20) , 1529-1537
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa012370
Abstract
From June 30, 1998, through March 21, 1999, several patients in the surgical intensive care unit of a hospital acquired Serratia marcescens bacteremia. We investigated this outbreak.Keywords
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