ADULTHOOD INFECTION WITH STENOTROPHOMONAS (XANTHOMONAS) MALTOPHILIA

Authors
GUERIN JM VERSHOOREBEAUCHEMIN R
Citation
Jm. Guerin et R. Vershoorebeauchemin, ADULTHOOD INFECTION WITH STENOTROPHOMONAS (XANTHOMONAS) MALTOPHILIA, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 73(25-26), 1997, pp. 825-832
Citations number
66
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
73
Issue
25-26
Year of publication
1997
Pages
825 - 832
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1997)73:25-26<825:AIWS(M>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Sm) is a rare but increasingly encounter ed cause of human infections. Invasive procedure's and use of imepenem are risk factors for Sm infections, which are virtually always nosoco mial. Many Sm strains are multiresistant, and the most active antimicr obials are ticarcillin/clavulanic acid, trimethoprime/sulfamethoxazole , latamoxef, and ciprofloxacin. The main forms of Sm infection are pne umonia, septicemia, meningitis, endocarditis, and urinary tract infect ion.