INTRACRANIAL INFECTION BY STENOTROPHOMONA S-MALTOPHILIA IN A CHILD - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

Authors
CASTORINA M LANGER A POLIDORI G SPANU T FADDA G
Citation
M. Castorina et al., INTRACRANIAL INFECTION BY STENOTROPHOMONA S-MALTOPHILIA IN A CHILD - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW, Rivista italiana di pediatria, 23(5), 1997, pp. 897-900
Citations number
21
Journal title
Rivista italiana di pediatria → ACNP
ISSN journal
03925161
Volume
23
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
897 - 900
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-5161(1997)23:5<897:IIBSSI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has been recently identified as an import ant cause of life-threatening infections in immunocompromised hosts or in patients admitted in intensive care units. This organism is usuall y resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents and it is widely suscepti ble to antibiotics as minocycline and quinolones not recommended in ch ildren. The Authors report their observation concerning an eight years old boy and confront it with the few literature reports.