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- Title
Morganella morganii Infections in a General Tertiary Hospital.
- Authors
Falagas, M. E.; Kavvadia, P. K.; Mantadakis, E.; Kofteridis, D. P.; Bliziotis, I. A.; Saloustros, E.; Maraki, S.; Samonis, G.
- Abstract
Morganella morganii is a commensal Gram-negative bacillus of the intestinal tract of humans and other mammals and reptiles. Few reports exist in the literature regarding infections caused by this organism. A retrospective study at the 650-bed University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece was performed during a 4-year period (2001–2004) to identify and analyze infections caused by M. morganii. Twenty-four patients had M. morganii isolated from clinical specimens during the study period. Thirteen patients (54%) suffered from skin and soft tissue infections, five from pyelonephritis, three from female genital tract infections, one from pneumonia, one from gangrenous appendicitis, and one from tonsillitis. M. morganii was a constituent of polymicrobial infections in 14 patients (58%). The patients received various antibiotics, i.e., six patients received ciprofloxacin, four piperacillin/tazobactam, two amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, one ticarcillin/clavulanic acid, one ceftriaxone, one imipenem, and one cefuroxime monotherapy, whereas the remaining eight received antibiotic combinations. Two (both debilitated) of 24 patients (8%) died, despite antibiotic treatment. Skin and soft tissue infection was the commonest type of infection due to M. morganii in our series. M. morganii is commonly a part of polymicrobial infections and can rarely cause fatalities in debilitated patients.
- Subjects
CRETE (Greece); GREECE; PROTEUS morganii; INFECTION; PROTEUS (Bacteria); ETIOLOGY of diseases; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Infection, 2006, Vol 34, Issue 6, p315
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-006-6682-3