Investigation of Serratia marcescens surgical site infection outbreak associated with peroperative ultrasonography probe
Расследование вспышки инфекций области хирургического вмешательства, вызванных Serratia marcescens и связанной с периоперационным ультразвуковым датчиком
2021-02-15
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Early postoperative infections due to Serratia marcescens have been reported by both clinicians and microbiologists in our teaching hospital. Here, we present an interlinked clinical, epidemiological, environmental and genomic investigation of this outbreak due to a T-shaped intraoperative probe contaminated by S. marcescens used during peroperative ultrasonography in laparoscopic liver resection.
Key Findings
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A contaminated T-shaped intraoperative ultrasonography probe was identified as the outbreak source.
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An outbreak of early postoperative Serratia marcescens surgical-site infections occurred in a teaching hospital.
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The investigation integrated clinical, epidemiological, environmental, and genomic analyses to characterize the outbreak.
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The probe had been used during peroperative ultrasonography in laparoscopic liver resection, linking the device to infection transmission.
Research Object
Serratia marcescens surgical site infection outbreak associated with a contaminated T-shaped intraoperative ultrasonography probe used during laparoscopic liver resection
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The clinical, epidemiological, environmental, and genomic characteristics and source transmission of the outbreak
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