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An outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections related to contaminated chlorhexidine. 1998
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Department of Microbiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
An outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections occurred in a university tertiary-care hospital. Alcohol-free chlorhexidine solutions were contaminated with S marcescens. The majority of patient and chlorhexidine strains had similar pulsed field-gel electrophoresis banding patterns. Chlorhexidine was recalled, and the rate of S marcescens isolation returned to baseline. Chlorhexidine without alcohol should not be used as an antiseptic.
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