title: Bacteremia due to Providencia stuartii: review of 49 episodes.
abstract: We reviewed cases of Providencia stuartii bacteremia at a large community teaching hospital during a 12-year period (1981 to 1992). None of the infections were hospital-acquired. Of the 49 patients, 47 (96%) came from a nursing home, and 45 (92%) had a long-term indwelling Foley catheter. The urinary tract was definitely proven to be the source of bacteremia in 35 patients (71%) and was the probable source in another 5 patients (11%). Polymicrobial bacteremia occurred in 25 patients (51%). The overall mortality rate during hospitalization was 25%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Youngstown, Ohio 44501-1790, USA.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watanakunakorn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D011532:Providencia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology