Author(s)

Fatima-Ezzahra Tahiri^1,2*, Abdessamad Lalaoui^1,2, Hasna Rafi^1,2, Fatiha Bennaoui^1,2, Nadia El Idrissi Slitine^1,2, Nabila Soraa³, Fadl Marabih Rabou Maoulainine^1,2

¹Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, CHU Mohammed VI, Marrakech, Morocco.
²Health, Childhood and Development Faculty of Medicine Research Team, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
³Microbiology Department, CHU Mohammed VI, Marrakech, Morocco.

Serratia is an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, occasionally responsible for epidemics of nosocomial infections in critical departments; in particular in neonatal intensive care units Enterobacteriaceae form a large family of Gram-negative bacteria, which cause diseases of highly variable severity, due to distinct pathogenic mechanisms. This family is heterogeneous as it consists of about 30 genera of bacteria and more than 100 species. However, all these germs have in common their preferential location in the digestive system, some being part of the normal flora although they are also present in the environment. Several metabolic processes characterize this bacterial family. These include the ability to reduce nitrate to nitrite (for energy generation), ferment glucose, lack cytochrome oxidase, be aerobic or anaerobic, motile or immobile, … Enterobacteriaceae constitute more than 80% of the germs isolated in the laboratory: Escherichia, Salmonella, Shigella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia, Proteus, Morganella and Yersinia are the rods most often found. Regarding nosocomial infection to Serratia, this bacterium colonizes the respiratory, digestive and urinary systems of patients, mainly responsible for bacteremia, infections of the lower respiratory tract, urinary and skin infections. Through our work, we report the epidemic experienced in the neonatal intensive care unit MOHAMMED VI university hospital, mother-child hospital MARRAKECH MOROCCO for three months from December at February 2023 interesting 30 newborns whose clinical presentation was different, the positive diagnosis was based on blood and geographical samples taken by the bacteriology department to isolate the offending germs, the therapeutic management of our patients consisted essentially of various hygiene measures in association with dual antibiotic therapy based on meropenem and amikacin. The evolution was marked by the death of 21 patients (70%) and the recovery of 9 patients (30%). The prognosis of infection by serratia remains bleak with high morbidity interest in prevention by respecting the rules of hygiene, which begins with hand disinfection.

Epidemic, Neonatal Resuscitation, Nosocomial Infection, Serratiamarcesens, Serratiaureitylica, Serratia Nematodiphila, Antibiotic Resistance

Tahiri, F. , Lalaoui, A. , Rafi, H. , Bennaoui, F. , Slitine, N. , Soraa, N. and Maoulainine, F. (2023) Epidemic to Different Strains of SERRATIA: Experience of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: About 30 Cases. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 13, 253-261. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2023.132031.