[Frequency of Serratia sp in urine infections of intern patients in the Santa Casa de Misericórdia in Fortaleza].
In the present time the Serratia is considered an important human pathogen, which has been found as causal agent of nosocomial infections mainly urine infections. We verify the frequency of the Serratia sp in urine samples, in intern patients. Were studied 1197 urine samples, this study show 15 positive for the Serratia sp. The species found were: 7 Serratia liquefaciens (46,7%), 5 Serratia odorífera (33,3%) and 3 Serratia rubidaea (20%).
Menezes
Everardo Albuquerque
EA
Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. menezes@ufc.br
Cezafar
Fabrizio Coelho
FC
Andrade
Maria do Socorro de Sena
Mdo S
Rocha
Maria Valdenir Abreu de Paula
MV
Cunha
Francisco Afrânio
FA
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012705:Serratia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*