Research Article
An Outbreak of Serratia marcescens on the Neonatal Unit: Description and Investigations
Chemsi M1, Hamid H1*, Houari S1, Zerouali K2, Lehlimi M1, Ouhadous M3, Habzi A1 and Benomar S1
1Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal, Hospital of Children Abderrahim ELHarouchi- Casablanca, Morocco
2Bacteriology Laboratoire, Ibn Rochd Hospital-Casablanca, Morocco
3Committee against Nosocomial Infections, Morocco
- Corresponding Author:
- H Hamid
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca,
Children's Hospital Abderrahim Harrouchi of Casablanca, Morocco
Tel: (212)-661800621
E-mail: hamid.hanane2013@gmail.com
Received Date: December 28, 2015; Accepted Date: November 21, 2016; Published Date: November 24, 2016
Citation: Chemsi M, Hamid H, Houari S, Zerouali K, Lehlimi M, et al. (2016) An Outbreak of Serratia marcescens on the Neonatal Unit: Description and Investigations. J Infect Dis Ther 4:306. doi: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000306
Copyright: © 2016 Chemsi M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
In september 2013, an outbreak of Serratiamarcescens infection occured in the neonatal intensive care unit of children’s hospital Abderrahim Harrouchi in Casablanca. Rapid microbiological investigation lead to identify nine cases of S. marcescens sepsis.The environemental investigation didn’t detect S.marcescens. Strict hygiene measures were lead to early interruption of the outbreak, without reccurences to this date still.
