This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (45)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Bacteriological and Pathogenicity Studies of Twelve Strains of S. Marcescens Recovered from Nine Patients During a Six-Month Period

DAVID GALE, Ph.D.; ALEX C. SONNENWIRTH, Ph.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1962;109(4):414-421.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

Serratia marcescens is a nonsporulating, Gram-negative, actively motile rod which produces a bright red pigment on most laboratory media. It is generally thought to be a saprophyte found in the soil and does not grow easily at 37 C or occur in man or animals naturally.¹ The literature concerning the recovery of Serratia marcescens from clinical specimens in man, and from animals, has been reviewed by Fulton, Forney, and Leifson.² Serratia has been associated with meningitis, fatal endocarditis, fatal septicemia, otitis media, sinusitis, respiratory infections, bronchiectasis, urinary infections, and also infant diarrhea. Papapanigiotou and Aligizakis³ reported recovery of S. marcescens from an empyema cavity following thoracoscopy and intercostal drainage. Gale and Lord⁴ and Robinson and Wooley⁵ reported pseudohemoptysis due to the red pigment of this organism and not to the presence of blood in sputum specimens.

Rabinowitz and Schiffrin⁶ described contamination of a ward . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX; ST. LOUIS

From the Veterans Administration Hospital, Albuquerque, N. Mex., and the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 28, 1961.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?