SERATTIA AS THE CAUSE OF AN INTRAHOSPITAL INFECTION AT THE NEUROCHIRURGICAL CLINIC IN NIS

Intrahospital infections represent a serious problem in medicine. Withneurochirurgical patients infections can seriously damage the quality of treatmentwhile in some cases they can threaten patients' lives. Meningitis, brain abscess,osteomyelitis or secondary wound healing are complications caused by infection. Inthe period between October, 28, to December, 24, 1999, at the Neurochirurgicalclinic in Ni there was an intrahospital infection caused by the bacteria Serattia. Thesource of the infection was not discovered. Comprehensive measures wereundertaken for disinfecting the operation block and the intensive treatment unit aswell as a sanitary examination of the staff. In 2000 there was no record of any new a e of the infection caused by the bacteria.