Stenotrophomonas maltophilia intestinal colonization in hospitalized oncology patients with diarrhea.
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).
Apisarnthanarak
Anucha
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. anapisarn@yahoo.com
Fraser
Victoria J
VJ
Dunne
W Michael
WM
Little
J Russell
JR
Hoppe-Bauer
Joan
J
Mayfield
Jennie L
JL
Polish
Louis B
LB
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*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents