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ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2022

Serratia marcescens outbreak in a COVID-19 intensive care unit - Are there any factors specific to COVID-19 units that facilitate bacterial cross-contamination between COVID-19 patients?

Joao Costa Mendes, André Casado

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Article in American journal of infection control, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Systematic analysis of plasmids of theMicrobial genomics · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Joao Costa MendesHospital da Luz Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: joaorcostamendes@gmail.com.
André CasadoHospital da Luz Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 dedicated units were created early in the pandemic. Despite their need, factors specific to these units can possibly increase the risk of bacterial cross-contamination between COVID-19 patients. We report a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a COVID-19 intensive care unit, later discussing factors specific to COVID-19 units that may facilitate bacterial cross-contamination in such units, and raising awareness for such an issue.

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COVID-19Cross InfectionSerratia InfectionsDisease OutbreaksHumansInfant, NewbornInfection ControlIntensive Care UnitsIntensive Care Units, NeonatalSARS-CoV-2Serratia marcescensCritical careCross-contaminationInfection control

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PMID34687798
PMCPMC8529233

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