Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
J Hosp Infect. 2011 May;78(1):16-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.12.017. Epub 2011 Mar 9.
During November 2008 to January 2009, 11 babies in the neonatal intensive care (NICU) and three babies in the nursery were infected with Serratia marcescens at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Overall, fifteen infections were identified among 11 newborns in the NICU: septicaemia (five cases), purulent conjunctivitis (three), urinary tract infection (two), meningitis (two) and cellulitis (one). Three newborns in the nursery had three infections: purulent conjunctivitis (two cases) and omphalitis (one). Thirteen of 14 babies recovered fully but one died from S. marcescens meningitis and septicaemia. All infections were traced to intrinsically contaminated baby shampoo introduced to the units five days before the first reported case. The outbreak terminated following withdrawal of the shampoo product.
2008 年 11 月至 2009 年 1 月期间，沙特阿拉伯阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医院的新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）有 11 名婴儿和托儿所的 3 名婴儿感染了粘质沙雷氏菌。共有 11 名 NICU 新生儿中的 15 名被确定感染：败血症（5 例）、脓性结膜炎（3 例）、尿路感染（2 例）、脑膜炎（2 例）和蜂窝织炎（1 例）。托儿所的 3 名新生儿有 3 种感染：脓性结膜炎（2 例）和脐炎（1 例）。14 名婴儿中的 13 名完全康复，但有 1 名死于粘质沙雷氏菌脑膜炎和败血症。所有感染均源自在首例报告病例发生前五天引入该单位的内在污染婴儿洗发水。在撤回洗发水产品后，疫情得到控制。
