One hundred and ninety five Serratia marcescens strains of clinical origin isolated at the Children's Hospital of Mexico (Hospital Infantil de México) in 1978 and at the National Institute of Pediatrics (Instituto Nacional de Pediatría) in Mexico City in 1977 and from 1988 to 1989, were studied and compared. All strains were identified using the biotyping system described by Grimont and Grimont, without modification. The most numerous biogroup found was A5/8, and the frequencies of isolation of each biotype varied depending on the institution where it was isolated and the period of study.
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BMC Pediatr
January 2025
Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Purpose: To elucidate the global epidemiology of Ophthalmia Neonatorum (ON), as well as its causative organisms and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns.
Methods: A systematic review of studies reporting the epidemiology of ON was performed using four electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Medline. Data were extracted and study-specific estimates were combined using meta-analysis to obtain pooled proportions.
J Exp Biol
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Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. Electronic address:
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Section of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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