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Two Premature Babies Died in the Hospital in Bolzano
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In the Landeskrankenhaus Bozen in South Tyrol two extreme prematures died of infection with bacteria. The two babies were about three weeks old and weighed only 700 grams. The prosecutor's office now opened investigations. For example, the compliance with the protocols and possible hygienic defects are to be checked. Afterwards, a possible autopsy is decided. In the two babies an infection with the bacterium Serratia marcescens was detected, sai…
Serratia marchescens is the bacteria responsible for the death of the two premature infants at the hospital in Bolzano. It is a pathogen that is found in the surface and drainage waters, on plants, insects, soil, animals and man, very often detectable in hospital environments. Considered for the greater harmless, the bacterium becomes particularly dangerous in patients in conditions of risk such as prolonged hospitalization, compromised immune s…
Drama at the hospital in Bolzano where two premature infants died within a few hours due to a suspected bacterial infection. One of the newborns died on the day of...
Cause of death would be a bacterium infection (ANSA)
The kids were both premature. The other patients could be transferred to another ward.
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