Open AccessIsolation of Serratia plymuthica from a human burn site
Author(s) -
R B Clark,
J. Michael Janda
Publication year - 1985
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.21.4.656-657.1985
Subject(s) - silver sulfadiazine , serratia , isolation (microbiology) , medicine , serratia marcescens , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , surgery , wound healing , escherichia coli , pseudomonas , biochemistry , gene , genetics
The saprophytic bacterium Serratia plymuthica was recovered from a facial wound (burn) site of a pediatric patient. The clinical significance of the organism was undetermined due to its apparent eradication from this location by therapy with topical 1% silver sulfadiazine. Seeding of the burn with S. plymuthica may have occurred from contaminated moisture sometimes found on and around steam radiators.
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