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  • Title: Serratia marcescens as a cause of postoperative infection in a total joint implant.
    Author: Brink D, Stuck R, Streit N, Sternberg L.
    Journal: J Foot Ankle Surg; 1993; 32(2):227-31. PubMed ID: 8318980.
    Abstract:
    Serratia marcescens is a rare cause of musculoskeletal infections and osteomyelitis occurring most frequently in nosocomial infections, debilitated patients, drug addicts, and traumatic open wounds. It is rarely a cause of postoperative infection in elective surgery with only a few such cases being reported in the United States and European literature. The authors present a case of Serratia marcescens infection of a total joint implant from an apparent perioperative source and review the literature concerning this organism as a cause of infection in man.
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