A Case of Cellulitis Caused by Serratia marcescens in a Patient with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia.
- Author:
Won Sik PYO
1
;
Seong Jin KIM
;
Seung Chul LEE
;
Young Ho WON
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
S. marcescens cellulitis;
Leukemia
- MeSH:
Arthritis, Infectious;
Bacillus;
Bacteremia;
Cellulitis*;
Drug Therapy;
Endocarditis;
Enterobacteriaceae;
Humans;
Immunocompromised Host;
Leukemia;
Meningitis;
Osteomyelitis;
Peritonitis;
Pneumonia;
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma*;
Serratia marcescens*;
Serratia*;
Suppuration
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1999;37(8):1123-1125
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Serratia marcescens is a gram-negative bacillus of enterobacteriaceae family. The organism is known to cause various types of infection including cellulitis, bacteremia, pneumonia, endocarditis, meningitis, peritonitis, osteomyelitis, and septic arthritis. Cellulitis due to gram-negative organisms is uncommon and usually occurs in immunosuppressed hosts. We present a case of S. marcescens cellulitis in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia who had been treated with chemotherapy. Microbial studies with pus identified S. marcescens as a causative organism of cellulitis. The lesion healed completely by antibiotic treatment.
