title: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia intestinal colonization in hospitalized oncology patients with diarrhea.
abstract: A 6-week surveillance study was performed to determine the prevalence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia intestinal colonization among patients hospitalized in an oncology unit who developed diarrhea. Ninety-two stool samples obtained from 41 patients were cultured, and 4 patients (4 [9.5%] of 41 patients) had cultures that were positive for S. maltophilia. After controlling for duration of diarrhea, patients colonized with S. maltophilia had received a greater number of different types of antibiotics than noncolonized patients (5 vs. 3 different drugs; P=.04).
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. anapisarn@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anucha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apisarnthanarak
authors.forename: Victoria J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: W Michael
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: J Russell
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoppe-Bauer
authors.forename: Jennie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mayfield
authors.forename: Louis B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Polish
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents