Open AccessEpidemiology of Serratia Bloodstream Infections Among Hospitalized Children in the United States, 2009–2016
Author(s) -
Atlanta Johnson,
Dave Watson,
Jill Dreyfus,
Phillip Heaton,
Andrea L. Lampland,
Alicen B Spaulding
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002618
Subject(s) - serratia , medicine , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , bloodstream infection , cohort , pediatrics , bacteremia , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , pseudomonas , genetics
Serratia can cause serious bloodstream infections (BSIs). This retrospective cohort study identified 5,312 pediatric inpatient encounters with BSIs from 2009 to 2016, of which 82 (0.01%) had Serratia BSIs. The rate among hospitalized patients increased significantly from 0.4 in 2009 to 1.0 in 2016 per 10,000 admissions. Risk factors differed and outcomes were worse for Serratia BSIs compared with non-Serratia BSIs.