Two Consecutive Outbreaks of<i>Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia (Xanthomonas Maltophilia)</i>in an Intensive-care Unit Defined by Restriction Fragment-Length Polymorphism Typing

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate and control consecutive outbreaks of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in intensive-care-unit (ICU) patients. DESIGN: Epidemiological investigation; restriction fragment-length polymorphism typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of genomic DNA of outbreak strains; institution of infection control measures to limit spread. SETTING: The medical-surgical ICU in an 800-bed...

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