Serratia marcescens in tracheotomy cultures

Open Access

1 November 1979

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope

Vol. 89 (11) , 1831-1838
https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-197911000-00017

Abstract

Twenty-three consecutive tracheotomies were cultured after an apparent outbreak of Serratia marcescens was noted. Over a period of one year, six cases with positive cultures were found. The importance of these positive cultures in relation to the patient's clinical course is discussed. The treatment of Serratia marcescens septicemia is reviewed.

Keywords

POSITIVE CULTURES
TREATMENT
CLINICAL COURSE
SERRATIA
MARCESCENS SEPTICEMIA
APPARENT OUTBREAK
CULTURES TWENTY
CONSECUTIVE TRACHEOTOMIES

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

CROSS-INFECTION WITH SERRATIA MARCESCENS IN AN INTENSIVE-THERAPY UNIT
The Lancet, 1972
Serratia marcescens Septicemia
Archives of Surgery, 1969