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Clinical relevance and virulence factors of pigmented<i>Serratia marcescens</i>
1 Jun 2000
Abstract excerpt
Pigmented Serratia marcescens isolated in a Brazilian hospital were studied with respect to frequency of isolation, serotyping, antibiotic resistance and virulence factors. The serotype most frequent was O6:K14 (53%) and all isolates were resistant to ampicillin, cephalothin and tetracycline. The majority of the isolates (92%) were resistant to the action of human serum and all produced cytotoxins on Vero, CHO,...
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