Serratia による菌血症の臨床的細菌学的検討

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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.
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.