title: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: an emerging pathogen in dialysis units.
abstract: Infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with end stage renal disease. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an unusual yet emerging pathogen in dialysis units. We performed a systematic PubMed/Medline and Scopus review of peer-reviewed English papers on S. maltophilia infections among patients undergoing chronic dialysis, with regard to vascular accesses, systemic infections and environment contaminations. Moreover, we suggest a treatment algorithm to preserve the patient and the permanent dialysis catheters.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Hospital 'Maggiore della Carità', Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Andreana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Mauri
authors.affiliation: Unit of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torreggiani
authors.affiliation: Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Hospital 'Maggiore della Carità', Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Doriana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chiarinotti
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, University Hospital 'Maggiore della Carità', Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andreoni
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, University Hospital 'Maggiore della Carità', Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianlorenzo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.affiliation: Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Hospital 'Maggiore della Carità', Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Martino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Leo
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000302:isolation & purification*