Serratia marcescens prosthetic joint infection: two case reports and a review of the literature

Serratia marcescens prosthetic joint infection: two case reports and a review of the literature

Abstract Background Despite some studies on Gram-negative bacteria as difficult to treat pathogens in periprosthetic joint infections, there are no detailed analyses on Serratia periprosthetic joint infections. As such, we present two cases of Serratia periprosthetic joint infections and summarize a...

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Main Authors: Daniel Karczewski, Henrik Bäcker, Octavian Andronic, Angad Bedi, Siegfried Adelhoefer, Maximilian Müllner, Marcos R. Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Hip infection
Shoulder infection
Foot infection
Difficult to treat
Gram-negative
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-04021-w

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