Environmental distribution and associated human infections of pathogenic Serratia species

Species	Habitat	Relative frequency of disease in humans	Clinical manifestations in humans
S. marcescens	Animals, insects, plants, water, soil	Common	Wound infections Ocular infections Urinary tract infections Central nervous system infections Respiratory tract infections Bacteremia Endocarditis
S. liquefaciens	Animals, insects, plants, water, soil	Uncommon	Wound infections Urinary tract infections Central nervous system infections Respiratory tract infections Bacteremia
S. rubidaea	Plants, water	Rare	Wound infections Urinary tract infections Bacteremia
S. ficaria	Insects, plants	Rare	Cutaneous abscesses Wound infections Upper respiratory tract infections Endophthalmitis Bacteremia
S. fonticola	Water	Rare	Wound infections
S. odorifera	Plants	Rare	Urinary tract infections Respiratory tract infections Wound infections Bacteremia
S. plymuthica	Animals, insects, plants, water	Rare	Wound infections Bacteremia
S. quinivorans	Animals, insects, plants, water, soil	Rare	Respiratory tract infections

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