Open AccessNosocomial infection in a Nigerian rural maternity centre: A series of 9 cases
Author(s) -
OA Okezie,
N.F. Onyemelukwe
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v84i2.9508
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , hygiene , serratia marcescens , outbreak , epidemiology , infection control , obstetrics , intensive care medicine , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , gene
An outbreak of urinary tract infection in a rural maternity hospital near Enugu, Nigeria led to bacteriological assessment which identified Serratia marcescens as the causative organism. An epidemiological investigation was done to trace the source of this organism.
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