| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2638310 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2011 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A national outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes led to their recall. We evaluated the clinical impact of this outbreak in 57 patients at 3 centers. All patients were symptomatic and were treated with intravenous antibiotics with a fatal outcome in 1 patient.
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Roy F. Chemaly, Dhanesh B. Rathod, Monica K. Sikka, Mary K. Hayden, Mark Hutchins, Tracy Horn, Jeffery Tarrand, Javier Adachi, Kim Nguyen, Gorden Trenholme, Issam Raad,