Fulminant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia soft tissue infection in immunocompromised patients: An outbreak transmitted via tap water

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 323, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 269-272

  Sakhnini, E ^a   Weissmann, A ^a   Oren, Ilana ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Hickman; Neutropenia; Soft tissue; Stenotrophomonas

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LATAMOXEF; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BUILDING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE; NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036086332     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200205000-00008     Document Type: Article

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