Risk Factors and Outcomes of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bacteraemia: A Comparison with Bacteraemia Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter Species

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (SM) is an important nosocomial pathogen that exhibits intrinsic resistance to various antimicrobial agents. However, the risk factors for SM bacteraemia have not been sufficiently evaluated. From January 2005 to September 2012, we retrospectively compared the clinical...

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Main Authors: Hotta, Go, Matsumura, Yasufumi, Kato, Karin, Nakano, Satoshi, Yunoki, Tomoyuki, Yamamoto, Masaki, Nagao, Miki, Ito, Yutaka, Takakura, Shunji, Ichiyama, Satoshi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223050/