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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Dis Clin Pract (Baltim Md). 2016 May;24(3):143–150. doi: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000360

Table 1. Published (English-language) cases of infective endocarditis due to Serratia spp. since 1980.

Study/ Year/Ref Location Age Risk factor(s) Organism Valve(s) Antimicrobial therapy Surgery Outcome
Hyams/ 1981/22 USA 7 years Extensive third-degree burns, central venous catheter S. marcescens TV Cefotaxime × 6 weeks None Survived
Hobbs/ 1982/23 USA 56 years Diabetes mellitus, ESRD, intra-abdominal surgery S. marcescens TV, PV, AV, MV Ampicillin + tobramycin None Died
Berkowitz/1983/24 South Africa 14 years Mitral valve repair for rheumatic mitral regurgitation S. marcescens MV Ceftazidime × 6 weeks Mitral valve replacement x2 Survived
Ena/ 1991/25 Spain 29 years IVDU S. marcescens AV, MV, TV? Ciprofloxacin × 4 weeks None Survived
56 years Post-sternotomy mediastinitis S. liquefaciens AV (prosthetic) Ciprofloxacin × 4 weeks None Survived
Korner/ 1994/26 UK 50 years Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, central venous catheter S. marcescens AV, MV Azlocillin + gentamicin × 6 weeks None Survived
Riberi/ 1997/27 France NS NS Serratia spp. AV NS Aortic valve replacement NS
Pearlman/ 1998/28 USA 27 weeks Prematurity S. marcescens Right ventricle Cefotaxime + gentamicin None Died
Mossad/ 2000/29 USA 55 years Short gut syndrome, central venous catheter with suppurative thrombophlebitis S. liquefaciens Right atrium Ceftriaxone None Survived
Chuang/ 2007/30 Taiwan 41 years IVDU, cirrhosis S. liquefaciens AV Imipenem-cilastatin None Died
Morpeth/ 2007/21 Multi-national NS (n=4) NS NS NS β-lactam + fluoroquinolone (2/4), β-lactam + aminoglycoside (2/4) Yes, details NS Survived
Yang/ 2007/31 China 11 years Intracardiac foreign body S. marcescens Right and left atria Cefminox + etimicin Resection of foreign body Survived
Baggish/ 2007/32 USA 43 years Splenectomy S. marcescens MV Cefepime × 6 weeks + gentamicin × 2 weeks None Survived
De Silva/ 2009/33 USA 67 years Pacemaker S. marcescens Pacing wire Meropenem + gentamicin, then ciprofloxacin × 2 weeks Explantation of pace-maker Survived
Hadano/ 2012/34 Japan 85 years Diabetes mellitus S. marcescens MV Ceftazidime + gentamicin None Died
Lyall/2013/35 UK 65 years Post-Bentall procedure S. marcescens AV (prosthetic) Meropenem + ciprofloxacin + gentamicin NS Survived

Abbreviations: ESRD = end-stage renal disease, IVDU = intravenous drug use, TV = tricuspid valve, PV = pulmonic valve, AV = aortic valve, MV = mitral valve, NS = not specified