title: [Nosocomial Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in a university hospital].
abstract: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a nosocomial pathogen of increasing importance. In our study, 190 S. maltophilia strains isolated from 153 hospitalized patients between January 2000-April 2004, at Farabi Hospital at Medical School of Karadeniz Technical University, were prospectively evaluated. Of these patients 67.9% were clinically compatible with nosocomial infection, and 32% were considered as colonization. It was observed that rate of infection had a tendency to increase one year of age and above 50 years of age. Nosocomial infection and/ or colonization with S. maltophilia was detected in 19.7 +/- 15.2 (1-89) days after hospitalization. The clinical manifestations were bacteremia (36.5%), pneumoniae (28.8%), urinary system infection (12.5%), surgical site infection (11.5%) and peritonitis (6.7%). The bacteremia episodes were associated with central venous catheter in 37.3% (19/51), ventilator associated pneumonia in 11.7% (6/51), urinary system infection in 7.8% (4/51), peritonitis in 3.9% (2/51), and surgical site infection in 1.9% (1/51) of cases. Nineteen patients (37.3%) had no apparent primary source of infection. Higher APACHE II score, longer duration of hospitalization and prior extended-spectrum antibiotic therapy were observed in most of the patients. Antibiotic susceptibility testing revealed that, the most effective antibiotics against the isolates were trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (94%), ticarcillin/clavulanate (79%) and ciprofloxacin (53.5%). Crude mortality rate in the patients with S. maltophilia infections was found to be 25%. In addition, it was observed that proper antibiotic treatment had protective role against mortality (14.6% vs 63.6%; OR = 0.1, Cl95 0.12-0.42, P = 0.000). It can be concluded that to prevent infections due to S. maltophilia , effective infection control programmes and rational antibiotic use policies should be established promptly.
authors.affiliation: Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, infeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dali, Trabzon.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caylan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sucu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bayraktar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaklikkaya
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Köksal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents