Isolation of Serratia plymuthica from a human burn site.
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.
D002056:Burns / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012705:Serratia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*