[Urinary infections due to Serratia marcescens: clinico-statistical pictures of patients hospitalized in the S. Maria della Scala Hospital in Siena during 1971, 1972, and 1973].

The Authors have carried out a clinical-statistical research into cases of urinary tract infection by Serratia marcescens isolated in 42 of 2500 urine-cultures effected during the period 1971-1973 by patients hospitalized in "S. Maria della Scala" Hospital of Siena. The Authors point out the high incidence of isolation of Serratia marcescens in urological patients and show some control measures to prevent the diffusion of such infections in hospital.