Serratia marcescens meningitis
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Serratia marcescens meningitis.
A case of Serratia marcescens meningitis in a 66-year-old man is reported. The infection occurred 4 weeks after apparently successful otic surgery, and a nidus of infection in the middle ear was established at autopsy. This is the second case of S. marcescens meningitis following ear surgery reported in the English-language literature.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.29.4.822-823.1991