Serratia marcescens as Opportunistic Pathogen and the Importance of Continuous Monitoring of Nosocomial Infection in Makah City,Saudi Arabia

作     者：Hani S.Faidah Sami S.Ashgar Abeer A.A.Barhameen Hamdi M.El-Said Abdelrahman Elsawy 

作者机构：Medical Microbiology DepartmentFaculty of MedicineUmm Al-Qura UniversityMakah CitySaudi Arabia Al-Noor Specialist HospitalMakah CitySaudi Arabia Department of Medical MicrobiologyFaculty of MedicineAl-Azhar UniversityCairoEgypt 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Medical Microbiology》 (医学微生物学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第5卷第3期

页      面：107-112页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Serratia marcescens Antimicrobial Resistance Nosocomialİnfection 

摘      要：The aim of this study was to the evaluation of frequency and distribution of Serratia marcescens in the hospital departments and determination of antimicrobial resistance of the isolated strains. Methods: The study included 81 Serratia marcescens strains isolated from 61 patients hospitalized in the in the different hospital wards of Al-Noor Specialist Hospital within the period from 1/11/2012 to 1/11/2013. The strains were isolated from wound swabs, blood cultures, sputum, urine culture, fluid, catheter and throat swab, wound swabs, blood cultures and cerebrospinal fluid. Results: The isolates were identified by conventional method and the results and susceptibility testing were confirmed by VITEC-2 Compact. Most frequently Serratia marcescens has been implicated in ICU [21%] followed by male medical [18.5%] and emergency department [12.3%]. The resistance of Serratia strains was high, excepting imipenem (15%), Meropenem (27) and the resistance was higher with ampicillin (97.5%), Cefoxitin (90%) and Tetracycline (86%). Conclusion: Continuous monitoring of nosocomial infections is indispensable. Phenotypic characterization of the isolates is useful for studying the relationship of microbial pathogens.