An Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Infections Related to Contaminated Chlorhexidine

Patrice Vigeant; Vivian G. Loo; Céline Bertrand; Catherine Dixon; Richard Hollis; Michael A. Pfaller; A. Peter H. McLean; Dalius J. Briedis; Trish M. Perl; Hugh G. Robson

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An Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Infections Related to Contaminated Chlorhexidine

Patrice Vigeant, Vivian G. Loo, Céline Bertrand, Catherine Dixon, Richard Hollis, Michael A. Pfaller, A. Peter H. McLean, Dalius J. Briedis, Trish M. Perl, Hugh G. Robson

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Abstract

An outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections occurred in a university tertiary-care hospital. Alcohol-free chlorhexidine solutions were contaminated with S marcescens. The majority of patient and chlorhexidine strains had similar pulsed field-gel electrophoresis banding patterns. Chlorhexidine was recalled, and the rate of S marcescens isolation returned to baseline. Chlorhexidine without alcohol should not be used as an antiseptic.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	791-794
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	19
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/30141429
State	Published - Oct 1998

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