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. 2011 Aug;39(6):521-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.08.020. Epub 2011 Apr 13.

Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: a multi-state report

Roy F Chemaly  1 , Dhanesh B Rathod, Monica K Sikka, Mary K Hayden, Mark Hutchins, Tracy Horn, Jeffery Tarrand, Javier Adachi, Kim Nguyen, Gorden Trenholme, Issam Raad
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Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: a multi-state report

Roy F Chemaly et al. Am J Infect Control. 2011 Aug.

Abstract

A national outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes led to their recall. We evaluated the clinical impact of this outbreak in 57 patients at 3 centers. All patients were symptomatic and were treated with intravenous antibiotics with a fatal outcome in 1 patient.

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