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Am J Infect Control
; 47(5): 582-584, 2019 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30527282
ABSTRACT
We presented a sepsis outbreak caused by Serratia marcescens from contaminated propofol to raise awareness. Three patients had sepsis syndrome after chest surgery. Isolation of S marcescens from patients' respiratory and blood samples alerted us to a possible outbreak. Four syringes filled with propofol and 1 saline solution yielded S marcescens. Nine of 10 isolates from samples of patients and environment genotyped by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were the same. Disobeying aseptic injection rules of propofol is still causing outbreaks.
Subject(s)
Propofol/adverse effects , Sepsis/epidemiology , Sepsis/etiology , Serratia Infections/epidemiology , Serratia Infections/etiology , Serratia marcescens/pathogenicity , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Cross Infection/etiology , Cross Infection/microbiology , Disease Outbreaks , Drug Contamination , Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field/methods , Female , Humans , Male , Microbial Sensitivity Tests/methods , Middle Aged , Syringes
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Turk J Med Sci
; 47(3): 1053-1054, 2017 06 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28618764