Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in a general hospital: patient characteristics, antimicrobial susceptibility, and treatment outcome.

INTRODUCTION: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is acquiring increasing importance as a nosocomial pathogen. METHODS: We retrospectively studied the characteristics and outcome of patients with any type of S. maltophilia infection at the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece, between 1/2005-12/...

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Main Authors: George Samonis, Drosos E Karageorgopoulos, Sofia Maraki, Panagiotis Levis, Dimitra Dimopoulou, Nikolaos A Spernovasilis, Diamantis P Kofteridis, Matthew E Falagas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3356252?pdf=render