Serratia marcescens Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: New Insights from Next-Generation Sequencing Applications
Author(s) -
Christine Martineau,
Xuejing Li,
Cindy Lalancette,
Thérèse Perreault,
Éric Fournier,
Julien Tremblay,
Milagros Gonzales,
Étienne Yergeau,
Caroline Quach
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00235-18
Subject(s) - serratia marcescens , outbreak , biology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , microbiology and biotechnology , typing , multilocus sequence typing , serratia , 16s ribosomal rna , bacteria , genetics , gene , virology , escherichia coli , genotype , pseudomonas
Serratia marcescens is an environmental bacterium that is commonly associated with outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Investigations ofS. marcescens outbreaks require efficient recovery and typing of clinical and environmental isolates.
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