Over the last 30 years, Serratia marcescens has become an important cause of nosocomial infection. 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. The API 20E system has been used widely, but is not individually satisfactor...

The nucleotide sequence of the proBA operon from a proline-hyperproducing mutant of Serratia marcescens was determined. Two base substitutions were found: one in theproBstructura1 gene, coding for y-glutamyl kinase (GK), and a second one in the promoter region of the operon. The former base substitution led to a change of the predicted amino acid at position 117 from an alanine to a valine in G...

From time to time, large volumes of bacteria may be required for purposes such as the isolation and identification of cellular components of metabolic products. Frequently a large quantity of one particular lot of cells is necessary so that enough replicates of an experiment may be performed to ensure a statistically valid result. For many reasons, replicate experiments may extend over consider...

Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Serratia marcescens in immunocompetent patients without risk factors are extremely rare. Here, we report a case of septic arthritis and severe adjacent osteomyelitis of the tibia due to Serratia marcescens in a diabetic community-dweller patient. The patient had no contact with healthcare workers or facilities and had no chronic disease except for poorl...

During a four-month period an intensive effort was made to isolate and identify every Serratia marcescens strain present in the clinical material received for bacteriological assessment in the laboratory. Ten strains were isolated from eight patients, the organism possibly being responsible for infection in five of these patients. Serratia marcescens is thus commoner than expected and it is dif...

The oligosaccharide cores isolated from the acetic acid hydrolysates of endotoxins from Serratia marcescens 08 and Serratia marcescens Bizio were analyzed for their sugar composition. The intact oligosaccharide core from S. marcescens 08 consisted of 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate, d-glycero-d-mannoheptose, l-glycero-d-mannoheptose, d-glucose, d-galactose, and d-glucosamine in a molar ratio of 2:1:5:3:...

OBJECTIVE Serratia marcescens is a well-established as a nosocomial pathogen, resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. The aim of this study was to investigate an outbreak of Serratia marcescens at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Clinical Center University of Sarajevo. METHODS A total of 96 strains from 79 patients were isolated. The isolates were identif...

Eighty-five strains of Serratia were speciated. The majority were Serratia marcescens and were recovered from a variety of clinical specimens. S. liquefaciens and S. rubidaea were recovered only from sputum.

Serratia marcescens is an important opportunistic organism that causes nosocomial infections. Bacteriophage therapy has the potential to control S. marcescens infection. We present here the complete genome sequence of a lytic S. marcescens bacteriophage, SM9-3Y, which is a linear double-stranded DNA genome of 39,631 bp with 50.7% G+C content.