Serratia Marcescens Endocarditis

  • Farooq Ahmad Guroo Department of General Medicine, SKIMS
  • Mir Tahleel Department of General Medicine, SKIMS
  • Suhail Mantoo Department of General Medicine, SKIMS
  • Farhana Siraj Bagdadi Department of General Medicine, SKIMS
  • Ajaz Nabi Koul Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, SKIMS
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33883/jms.v26i3.1301
Keywords: Serratia Marcescens, Endocarditis, brain abscesses

Abstract

Serratia marcescenes is an opportunistic, gram negative bacillus classified as motile, non-lactose fermenting and a facultative anaerobe. The risk factor for the development of serratia marcescenes endocarditis is intravenous drug use (IVDU). We are reporting a case of infective endocarditis (IE) caused by S. marcescenes involving mitral valve further complicated by multifocal brain abscesses.

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Author Biographies

Mir Tahleel, Department of General Medicine, SKIMS

Postgraduate

Suhail Mantoo, Department of General Medicine, SKIMS

M.D, Associate Professor

Farhana Siraj Bagdadi, Department of General Medicine, SKIMS

M.D, Associate Professor

Published
2023-10-02
How to Cite
1.
Guroo FA, Tahleel M, Mantoo S, Bagdadi FS, Koul A. Serratia Marcescens Endocarditis. jms [Internet]. 2023Oct.2 [cited 2026Oct.2];26(3):30-3. Available from: https://www.jmsskims.org/index.php/jms/article/view/1301
Issue
Vol 26 No 3 (2023): July Sep
Section
Case Reports
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