Stenotrophomonas maltophilia meningitis, bacteremia and respiratory infection.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an increasingly recognized cause of nosocomial infection of special interest because of its resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents. We report a case of generalized infection by S. maltophilia, including meningitis, bacteremia and respiratory tract infection, in a patient who had undergone multiple neurosurgical procedures and who was treated with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole.
Platsouka
Evangelia
E
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Medical School of Athens University, Greece.
Routsi
Christina
C
Chalkis
Anastasios
A
Dimitriadou
Efrosini
E
Paniara
Olga
O
Roussos
Charis
C
D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000302:isolation & purification*