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  3. Outbreak of Sphingomonas paucimobilis septicemia in a neonatal intensive care unit

Outbreak of Sphingomonas paucimobilis septicemia in a neonatal intensive care unit

  • Indian Pediatr. 2011 Sep;48(9):723-5. doi: 10.1007/s13312-011-0114-x.
Mehmet Mutlu 1,  Gülçin Bayramoglu,  Gürdal Yilmaz,  Berna Saygin,  Yakup Aslan
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Pediatric, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. drmehmetmutlu38@hotmail.com
PMID: 21719938 DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0114-x
Abstract

We describe an outbreak of Sphingomonas paucimobilis in 13 newborn infants with septicemia and septic shock. Fifteen available isolates were obtained from patients and distilled water. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis showed that there was a cross-transmission of S. paucimobilis in eleven patients but these types were not the same the isolate obtained from the distilled water. The outbreak was terminated by taking appropriate control measures for Infection and change of source of distilled water.

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