Presentation
In the literature, S marcescens infections of the lower extremity have presented as granulomatous ulceration, abscess, bullous cellulitis, and necrotizing fasciitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Immune System
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Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
A chest x-ray, six weeks after discharge, demonstrated multiple, bilateral 'cannon ball'-like opacities and mediastinal lymphadenopathy which were highly suspicious of disseminated malignancy or tuberculosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Entire Body System
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Lymphadenopathy
A chest x-ray, six weeks after discharge, demonstrated multiple, bilateral 'cannon ball'-like opacities and mediastinal lymphadenopathy which were highly suspicious of disseminated malignancy or tuberculosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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Congestive Heart Failure
A patient with a history of type II diabetes mellitus (DM), end stage renal disease (ESRD), and congestive heart failure (CHF) developed necrotizing fasciitis caused by Serratia marcescens after scraping his leg on rocks in a river while fishing. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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Developmental Delay
The authors report their experience treating a polymicrobial ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infection in a developmentally delayed 21-year-old woman. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures grew Serratia marcescens and Proteus mirabilis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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Leg Swelling
On physical examination, he had a swollen erythematous left third finger, left distal leg swelling, and right big toe abscess. None of these areas was significantly tender. WBC was 18.7 x 10(3)/mm(3) with 37% PMN and 5% bands. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Gastrointestinal
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Lower Abdominal Pain
She subsequently manifested lower abdominal pain, and spontaneous abortion occurred. After the abortion, she became completely afebrile. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Cardiovascular
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Tachycardia
Thirteen days after the diagnosis of PPROM (28 weeks and four days) she developed chills, abdominal pain, sub febrile fever, tachycardia, leukocytosis and fetal tachycardia, and a clinical diagnosis of chorioamnionitis was made. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Skin
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Dermatitis
Prior predisposing factors for infections were noted in 12 patients, including pre-existing leg ulcers or dermatitis (5/13), preceding cancer surgeries (2/13), plastic surgeries and filler injection (2/13), traumas (2/13) and medical procedures following [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Eyes
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Prolapse
Despite aggressive treatment the eye continued to deteriorate with corneal perforation and prolapse of the intraocular contents. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Musculoskeletal
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Arthralgia
We report a case of a 46-year-old man with fever, hypotension and arthralgias of the ankles and knees after brain surgery for a pituitary tumour causing Cushing's disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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Low Back Pain
We herein report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented with progressive low back pain and fever with a root sign. She underwent surgical decompression, with an immediate improvement of the low back pain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Urogenital
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Vaginal Discharge
Pulsed field gel electrophoresis showed that isolates from the blood, urine, and vaginal discharge were genetically identical. Intravenous pyelography revealed that she had a bilateral completed double ureter. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Neurologic
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Headache
Previously healthy individual, admitted to Orthopaedic Department for routine arthroscopy, approximately within 24 hours after operation was performed complained of headache and fever. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Churg-Strauss syndrome, multiple myeloma, or combined variable immune deficiency) Symptoms at time of initial positive Serratia marcescens included: nasal discharge (55%), nasal congestion/obstruction (34%), headache/facial pressure (34%), decreased sense [alliedacademies.org]
Workup
[…] fasciitis of the lower extremity; both organisms had identical antibiograms. 15 The portal of entry in another case was an infected intravenous catheter with bacteremia leading to the development of cellulitis at a distant site. 7 Despite an extensive workup [journals.lww.com]
Treatment
The RZ-21 treatment significantly increased peanut yield, vine dry weight, root nodules and taproot length by 62.3, 33, 72 and 61.4% respectively, followed by the M treatment. The P treatment also increased root nodules and root length slightly. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Prognosis
BACKGROUND: It is known that infections with Serratia marcescens can take a progressive course in preterm infants and that meningoencephalitis with this pathogen exhibits an extremely bad neurologic prognosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Based on these and several other reports of S. marcescens outbreaks, meningitis alone can be recognized as an indicator of poor prognosis. [scielo.br]
DISCUSSION The prognosis for vision in metastatic endophthalmitis is guarded.3 In cases with involvement of the posterior segment where the vitreal inflammatory reaction prevents fundus visualization, the outcome is generally very poor.6,7 Regardless [healio.com]
Etiology
Abstract We report a case of postsurgical wound infection of polymicrobial etiology caused by Serratia marcescens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa following the use of a radial forearm free flap for oncological tongue reconstruction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Conclusion We propose renaming white pox disease acroporid serratiosis, as this new terminology more accurately reflects the etiology of the disease. [pnas.org]
Epidemiology
KEYWORDS: Serratia; beta-lactamases; infection control; molecular epidemiology [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
There have been many reports concerning the identification, antibiotic susceptibility, pathogenicity, epidemiological investigations and typing of this organism. Accurate identification is important in defining outbreaks. [doi.org]
the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. [shea-online.org]
Pathophysiology
We discuss the pathophysiology of the lesions and the impact of the various imaging methods. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[…] opportunistic pathogen in humans. [10] Derivatives of prodigiosin have recently been found to have immunosuppressive properties and antitumor activity in vivo [11, 12] and are also currently being considered as a candidate treatment for Chagas disease. [13] Pathophysiology [emedicine.medscape.com]
Prevention
An investigation was conducted to identify potential sources of contamination and prevent further infections. METHODS: Cases were defined as S. marcescens BSIs in patients receiving PN from the pharmacy between January and March 2011. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]