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Report of a Patient

J. Curtis Williams, Jr., MD; Joseph E. Johnson III, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1970;125(6):1038-1040.

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Serratia marcescens, a member of the gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae (Klebsiella-Enterobacter-Serratia group) has been regarded principally as a benign commensal microorganism of low pathogenicity. In fact, its disease producing potential has been considered so low that it has been used as a "marker" organism in human clinical experiments, the investigators taking advantage of its characteristic bright-red pigmentation for easy identification.^1-3 Scattered reports of human disease caused by Serratia have appeared since the report of a chronic, nonfatal pulmonary infection by Woodward and Clarke in 1913.⁴ Lane reported an instance of agranulocytosis and septicemia which resulted in the first death attributable to S marcescens in 1935.⁵ In recent years, however, reports of infection with the organism have become more frequent, possibly related to its predilection for producing disease in chronically debilitated patients undergoing complex management.⁶ Six patients with bacterial endocarditis have been described previously.^7-12 A seventh instance, to our knowledge, the first due . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Gainesville, Fla

From the Department of Medicine. University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.

Footnotes
Received for publication July 2, 1969; accepted July 24.

Reprint requests to the J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla 32601 (Dr. Johnson).

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