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Serratia marcescens Colonization in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Has Multiple Sources, with Sink Drains as a Major Reservoir

Published:2023-05-31 Issue:5 Volume:89 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Bourdin Thibault¹^ORCID,Benoit Marie-Ève²,Monnier Alizée¹,Bédard Emilie³,Prévost Michèle³,Charron Dominique³,Audy Nathalie⁴,Gravel Sophie⁴,Sicard Mélanie⁴,Quach Caroline⁴^ORCID,Déziel Eric¹^ORCID,Constant Philippe¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. INRS–Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Quebec, Canada

2. CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

3. Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

4. CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The bacterium Serratia marcescens is an important opportunistic human pathogen that thrives in many environments, can become multidrug resistant, and is often involved in nosocomial outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). We evaluated the role of sinks during five suspected S. marcescens outbreaks in a NICU.

Funder

Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.00105-23

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