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Clinical aspects of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections in neonates

신생아 중환자실에서 Serratia marcescens에 의한 집단 감염 발생에 대한 고찰

  • Sung, Min-Jung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Chang, Chul-Hun (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Yoon, Yeon-Kyong (Department of Infection Control Team, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park, Su-Eun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 성민정 (부산대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 장철훈 (부산대학교 의과대학 진단검사의학교실) ;
  • 윤연경 (부산대학교병원 감염관리실) ;
  • 박수은 (부산대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실)
  • Received : 2005.12.29
  • Accepted : 2006.02.24
  • Published : 2006.05.15
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Abstract

Purpose : We evaluated an outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections in 24 neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit(NICU). Methods : From January to August, 2004 a nosocomial outbreak of S. marcescens occurred in our NICU. We describe the clinical characteristics of the outbreak and analyse the risk factors for infections with S. marcescens. After the outbreak stopped, 7 isolates from blood were typed using rapid amplified polymorphic DNA analysis(RAPD). Results : S. marcescens was isolated from 24 neonates, 19 infected and 5 colonized. Seven out of nineteen neonates had bacteremia, 4 had ventilator associated pneumonia, 4 had purulent conjunctivitis, 2 had UTI, 1 had meningitis and 1 had a wound infection. Three neonates died due to S. marcescens infection, 2 of 3 had ventilator associated pneumonia, 1 had meningitis complicated with abscess. The mortality rate of S. marcescens infection was 15.8%. Factors associated with S. marcescens infections were previous antibiotic therapy, indwelling catheter and use of ventilators. The isolated strains were resistant to most antibiotics, but frequently sensitive to imipenem, bactrim and amikacin. RAPD typing results show that at least 3 epidemic strains were related with this outbreak. But one genotype was predominant type in this outbreak. The control measures were instituted and the outbreak stopped within 2 months. Conclusion : S. marcescens can cause rapidly spreading outbreaks associated with fatal infections in neonates. If S. marcescens is isolated from clinical specimens, meticulous infection control measures and epidemiologic investigations should be done at an early stage of the outbreak.

목 적 : 신생아 중환자실에서 일어났던 S. marcescens의 대유행의 임상적 양상과 위험 요소에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2004년 1월부터 8월까지 8개월간 부산대학교병원 신생아 중환자실에 입원해 있던 환아 중 S. marcescens이 분리되었던 24명을 환아군으로 하고, 같은 기간에 신생아 중환자실에 입원해 있었지만 균이 배양되지 않았던 21명을 대조군으로 하며, 균이 배양되었던 24명 중 감염을 일으킨 19명을 감염군으로 감염의 증거가 없던 5명을 보균군으로 나누어 각 군의 임상적 양상, 위험 요소의 비교 및 분리된 균주에 대한 항생제 감수성을 검사하였다. 동시에 환경 배양 검사를 하여 유행의 원인을 조사하였다. 결 과 : 환아군과 대조군, 감염군과 보균군 사이에 성별, 제태 연령, 출생시 체중, 분만 방법, 산모의 감염 여부, 입원 기간에는 유의한 차이점이 없었다. 환아들이 가진 기저질환으로는 신생아 호흡 곤란 증후군, 선천성 심질환, 괴사성 장염의 순으로 나타났다. 환자군이 대조군에 비해 카테터의 사용, 수술의 과거력, 항생제 사용, 인공 호흡기 사용, 비위관 삽입의 빈도가 많았다. 감염군에서 균이 배양되었던 검체는 혈액이 7명, 기도내에서 검출된 환아는 4명, 결막 삼출물은 4명, 소변에서 균이 검출된 환아는 2명, 뇌척수액에서 검출된 환아는 1명이었고, 이 중 S. marcescens의 감염으로 인해 사망한 환아는 3명으로 15.8%의 사망률을 나타내었다. 감염군 19명에서 배출된 균의 항생제 감수성은 ampicillin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, gentamicin에 저항성을 imipenem, bactrim, amikacin에 감수성을 나타내었다. 분자학적 방법으로 분석한 결과 6월의 유행 당시 모두 같은 균종으로 나왔다. 철저한 소독과 격리를 한 뒤 더 이상 균이 발견되지 않고 있다. 결 론 : S. marcescens는 신생아와 같이 면역이 저하된 환자에게 빠르게 전파하여 폭발적인 유행을 일으킬 수 있으며 사망률도 높다. 임상 검체에서 S. marcescens가 분리되면 유행적 발생의 위험성을 빨리 인지하여 처음부터 적절한 감염 관리를 실시하여야 한다.

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