Clinical and Bacteriological Aspects of Serratia Septicemia

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  • IGARI Jun
    Department of Clinical Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
  • KOSAKAI Nozomu
    Department of Clinical Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
  • OGURI Toyoko
    Central Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital

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  • Serratia による菌血症の臨床的細菌学的検討
  • Serratia ニヨル キンケッショウ ノ リンショウテキ サイキンガクテキ

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This report describes the clinical and bacteriological features of 6 patients with septicemia due to Serratia at Juntendo University Hospital in Tokyo during the period of one-year and 6 months from Jan. 1. 1978 to May 30. 1979. All of the infections were hospital aquired. Factors that appear to predispose to Serratia infection included chronic debilitating disease, prior to multiple and broad spectrum antibiotic therapy, corticosteriod therapy, and anticancer chemotherapy, the postoperative status and indwelling intravenous or arterial catheters.<BR>Whereas the pathogenecity of Serratia has been doubted in the past, these data demonstrate that Serratia can become pathogenic for man in certain clinical situations, especially in patients with chronic debilitating disease who have been treated with multiple antibiotics.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 54 (9), 425-431, 1980

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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