Serratia infections in patients with neutropenia.

We report on six cases of sepsis caused by Serratia marcescens in patients with neutropenia. Four cases showed an additional involvement of the upper respiratory and digestive tract with oral and pharyngeal mucositis, haemorrhagic laryngo-tracheo-bronchitis, and oedematous swelling of the face. One patient showed a Serratia marcescens carrier state in the pharynx over a period of months without neutropenia.

[3 years' observation of the clinical course of non-A, non-B hepatitis].

The three-year course of the cure after falling ill with a non-A/non-B hepatitis may be regarded as benign in 27 female patients. In several patients slight subjective complaints developed. Seven women even took the load of a new pregnancy.