Serratia marcescens septicemia associated with infusion of an amino acid solution in two horses
Young, D.R.; Divers, T.J.; Benson, C.E.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 195(3): 340-342
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 2670862 Document Number: 329954
Clinical septicemia developed in 2 clinically normal horses after both were administered a portion of an amino acid solution IV. Serratia marcescens was subsequently isolated from blood of both horses. The isolates were shown to be identical on the basis of antibiograms and plasmid biochemistry, incriminating the infusate as the source of bacterial infection. The horses recovered after supportive and antimicrobial treatment.