Serratia marcescens outbreak in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic: A paradoxical risk?

Med Mal Infect. 2020 Nov;50(8):750-751. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2020.05.004. Epub 2020 May 21.

Authors

R Amarsy¹, G R Pean de Ponfilly², H A Benmansour², H Jacquier², E E Cambau², B Mégarbane³

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Control Team, Lariboisière Hospital, University of Paris, Inserm IAME UMRS-1137, Paris, France.
² Laboratory of Microbiology, Lariboisière Hospital, University of Paris, Inserm IAME UMRS-1137, Paris, France.
³ Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, University of Paris, Inserm UMRS-1144, Paris, France. Electronic address: bruno-megarbane@wanadoo.fr.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Hospital-acquired infection; Serratia marcescens.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19 / complications
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / microbiology
Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis
Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology
Coinfection / diagnosis
Coinfection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / complications
Cross Infection / diagnosis
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Disease Outbreaks*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
France / epidemiology
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Intensive Care Units*
Pandemics
Paris / epidemiology
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2 / physiology
Serratia Infections / complications
Serratia Infections / epidemiology*
Serratia Infections / transmission
Serratia marcescens* / isolation & purification