Outbreak of extensively drug-resistant Serratia marcescens in an intensive care unit.
Tazio VanniLetícia Olivier SudbrackTatiana Amabile de CamposRafael Nakamura da SilvaAndré Pitondo da SilvaRodrigo Pereira EstefaniTatyana Botelho de OliveiraPaulo Henrique Caixeta CanedoRicardo Domingues GuzmanJordana Rey LauretoJulival Fagundes RibeiroPublished in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2023)
We present the investigation and control of an extensively drug-resistant Serratia marcescens outbreak in a 30-bed intensive care unit (ICU). Within 6 weeks, 4 critically ill trauma patients were infected by the same strain. Intensive containment measures limited the spread of this strain while sustaining the capacity of the trauma ICU.