Outbreaks of Serratia marcescens and Serratia rubidaea bacteremia in a central Kathmandu hospital following the 2015 earthquakes
Author(s) -
Abhilasha Karkey,
Niva Joshi,
Shiva Prasad Sharma Chalise,
Suchita Joshi,
Shrijana Shrestha,
To Nguyen Thi Nguyen,
Sabina Dongol,
Buddha Basnyat,
Stephen Baker,
Christine J. Boinett
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/try077
Subject(s) - serratia , serratia marcescens , bacteremia , outbreak , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , blood culture , infection control , biology , intensive care medicine , virology , bacteria , antibiotics , escherichia coli , pseudomonas , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Human infections with Serratia spp. are generally limited to Serratia marcescens and the Serratia liquefaciens complex. There is little data regarding the infections caused by the remaining Serratia spp., as they are seldom isolated from clinical specimens.
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