SERRATIA MARCESCENS AS A CAUSE OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS IN CANCER PATIENTS.
Abstract
GRAM NEGATIVE HOSPITAL INFECTIONS IN THE COMPROMISED HOST HAVE IN RECENT YEARS BECOME A VERY FREQUENT AND SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE GROUP KLEBSIELLA - ENTEROBACTER - SERRATIA, IS, ACCORDING TO THE LITERATURE, STEADILY RISING AS A FREQUENT CAUSE OF HOSPITAL GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTIONS. SERRATIA MARCESCENS, A MICROORGANISM BELONGING TO THIS GROUP, WAS CONSIDERED, UNTIL RECENTLY, AS NON - PATHOGENIC. IT IS NOW PROVEN THAT THIS MICROORGANISM CAN CAUSE SEVERE HOSPITAL INFECTIONS. WE HAVE RETROSPECTIVELY STUDIED THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HOSPITAL INFECTIONS IN THE "METAXAS MEMORIAL" HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS DURING THE FIRST 7 YEARS OF THE HOSPITAL'S FUNCTION. THE MOST FREQUENT MICROORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM CANCER PATIENTS WITH INFECTIONS, WERE E. COLI, THE KLEBSIELLA - ENTEROBACTER - SERRATIA GROUP, PROTEUS, PSEUDOMONAS AND S. AUREUS. INFECTIONS FROM THE KLEBSIELLA - ENTEROBACTER - SERRATIA GROUP, DURING THIS 7 YEAR PERIOD, SHOWED A STEADY INCREASE IN FREQUENCY. THIS INCREASE WAS THE GREATEST ...
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