<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The role of <italic>Serratia marcescens</italic> changed from a harmless saprophytic microorganism to an important opportunistic human pathogen. It often causes nosocomial device-associated outbreaks and rarely serious invasive community acquired infections. We present a case of a community-acquired <italic>Serratia marcescens</italic> bacteremia leading to Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a previously healthy 51-year-old man without identifiable risk factors. Full recovery was achieved with solely medical treatment and observation in ICU during three days. To our knowledge it is an extremely uncommon presentation and just few cases have been previously reported in the literature.</p></abstract>

The role of Serratia marcescens changed from a harmless saprophytic microorganism to an important opportunistic human pathogen. It often causes nosocomial device-associated outbreaks and rarely serious invasive community acquired infections. We present a case of a community-acquired Serratia marcescens bacteremia leading to Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a previously healthy 51-year-old man without identifiable risk factors. Full recovery was achieved with solely medical treatment and observation in ICU during three days. To our knowledge it is an extremely uncommon presentation and just few cases have been previously reported in the literature.

Severe Acute Infection Due to <italic>Serratia marcescens</italic> Causing Respiratory Distress in An Immunocompetent Adult

Internal Medicine, HCU, Basurto (Bilbao), Spain

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine

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Severe Acute Infection Due to  Causing Respiratory Distress in An Immunocompetent Adult

The role of Serratia marcescens changed from a harmless saprophytic microorganism to an important opportunistic human pathogen. It often causes nosocomial...

Severe Acute Infection Due to Serratia marcescens Causing Respiratory Distress in An Immunocompetent Adult

Published Online: May 20, 2016

Page range: 134 - 136

Received: Oct 19, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0013

Keywords
Sepsis, Serratia, respiratory insufficiency, abscess, immunocompetent

© 2016 Pablo Ruiz-Sada et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Severe Acute Infection Due to Serratia marcescens Causing Respiratory Distress in An Immunocompetent Adult

Published Online: May 20, 2016

Page range: 134 - 136

Received: Oct 19, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0013

KeywordsSepsis, Serratia, respiratory insufficiency, abscess, immunocompetent

© 2016 Pablo Ruiz-Sada et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Sepsis, Serratia, respiratory insufficiency, abscess, immunocompetent