Nosocomial septicemia caused by Serratia plymuthica

D Domingo; A Limia; T Alarcón; J C Sanz; M C Del Rey; M López-Brea

doi:10.1128/jcm.32.2.575-577.1994

Nosocomial septicemia caused by Serratia plymuthica

J Clin Microbiol. 1994 Feb;32(2):575-7. doi: 10.1128/jcm.32.2.575-577.1994.

Authors

D Domingo¹, A Limia, T Alarcón, J C Sanz, M C Del Rey, M López-Brea

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

We report a case of nosocomial septicemia in a 79-year-old patient caused by Serratia plymuthica with no evident focus of infection. The patient was treated with gentamicin (40 mg every 8 h) during 10 days; clinical resolution of the infection was obtained after the 10-day treatment period.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / etiology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cross Infection / drug therapy
Cross Infection / etiology*
Cross Infection / microbiology
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Gentamicins / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Serratia / classification
Serratia / drug effects
Serratia / isolation & purification
Serratia Infections / drug therapy
Serratia Infections / etiology*
Serratia Infections / microbiology

Substances

Gentamicins