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Management and investigation of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal unit in Switzerland - the role of hand hygiene and whole
genome sequencing - R1, ARIC-D-17-00143
ZINGG, Walter, et al .
Abstract
Many outbreaks due to Serratia marcescens among neonates have been described in the literature but little is known about the role of whole genome sequencing in outbreak analysis and management.
ZINGG, Walter, et al . Management and investigation of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal unit in Switzerland - the role of hand hygiene and whole genome sequencing - R1, ARIC-D-17-00143. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control , 2017, vol. 6, p. 125
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DOI : 10.1186/s13756-017-0285-x
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CORRECTION Open Access
Correction to: Management and
investigation of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal unit in
Switzerland – the role of hand hygiene and whole genome sequencing
Walter Zingg
1*, Isabelle Soulake
1, Damien Baud
2, Benedikt Huttner
1,3, Riccardo Pfister
4, Gesuele Renzi
5, Didier Pittet
1, Jacques Schrenzel
2,5and Patrice Francois
2,5Correction
The original article [1] contained an error whereby an erroneous article ID was displayed at the end of the title; the original article has now been corrected to remove this ID.
In addition, this error was mistakenly carried forward by the production team that handled this article, and thus, was not the fault of the authors.
Author details
1Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Center for Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals, 4 Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211, 14 Geneva, Switzerland.2Genomic Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.3Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.4Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.5Bacteriology Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
Received: 22 December 2017 Accepted: 22 December 2017
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1. Zingg W, et al. Management and investigation of aSerratia marcescensoutbreak in a neonatal unit in Switzerland–the role of hand hygiene and whole genome sequencing. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2017;6:125.
* Correspondence:walter.zingg@hcuge.ch
1Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Center for Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals, 4 Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211, 14 Geneva, Switzerland
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