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Am J Infect Control
; 39(6): 521-4, 2011 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21492963
RESUMO
A national outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes led to their recall. We evaluated the clinical impact of this outbreak in 57 patients at 3 centers. All patients were symptomatic and were treated with intravenous antibiotics with a fatal outcome in 1 patient.