Open AccessRelapse of Serratia marcescens Sternal Osteitis 15 Years after the First Episode
Author(s) -
Axelle Paquin,
Didier Lepelletier,
Céline Leprince,
Catherine Chamoux,
M. Treilhaud,
Philippe Despins,
Alain Reynaud,
Stéphane Corvec
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01327-11
Subject(s) - serratia marcescens , osteitis , sternum , microbiology and biotechnology , serratia , medicine , micrococcaceae , bacteria , biology , surgery , osteomyelitis , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , escherichia coli , gene , biochemistry , genetics , pseudomonas
Sternal osteitis, a potential consequence of cardiac surgery, remains rare. The bacteria involved belong mostly to the genus Staphylococcus. Sternal infections caused by Serratia marcescens are exceptional. We report an unusual recurrence of sternal infection with S. marcescens, 15 years after the initial episode. The identities of the isolates were determined by genomic analysis.
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