TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the S. marcescens isolates recovered in this study

Isolate no.	Patient or environment no.	Outbreak investigation day	Collection site	Room no.	PFGE pattern
ID148137	Patient 1	1	Blood	2	A
NAa	Patient 4	1	Eye	3	NA
ID148138	Patient 2	17	Blood	4 (control room)b	A
ID147729	Patient 3	21	Tracheal sputum	1	B
ID147728	Patient 4	24	Endotracheal aspirate	3	A
ID148299	Environment 1	27	Around bed	2	A
NA	Environment 2	27	Drain	3	NA
ID147991	Patient 5	31	Eye	5	C
ID148587	Patient 6	52	Surgical wound (abdomen)	6	D
ID148696	Environment 3	59	Drain	5	E
ID149856	Patient 7	101	Pus (rectal swab)	7	E
ID149855	Patient 7	101	Nasal swab	7	E

^aNA, not applicable; the isolate was not sent to the public health laboratory for further characterization.

^bRoom 4 was decontaminated twice with H₂O₂ following discharge of the patient and was used as a control room during the first environmental sampling.