Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: the significance and role as a nosocomial pathogen

Senol E.

JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION, cilt.57, sa.1, ss.1-7, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.01.033
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-7
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Stenotrophomonas maltophlia, nosocomial, non-fermentative pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, IN-VITRO SUSCEPTIBILITY, XANTHOMONAS-MALTOPHILIA, RISK-FACTORS, PSEUDOMONAS-MALTOPHILIA, ONCOLOGY PATIENTS, BACTEREMIA, INFECTION, MORTALITY, COLONIZATION, MENINGITIS
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a significant pathogen that primarily affects patients with co-morbid illnesses, usually malignancies, who have been hospitalized for prolonged periods and received broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. The organism has been associated with an expanding spectrum of clinical manifestations associated with high case to fatality ratios. Therapy of these infections presents a significant challenge both for the clinician and the microbiologists because of its high-level antibiotic resistance to most of the currently used agents and methodological difficulties in susceptibility testing with this organism. (C) 2004 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. ALL rights reserved.