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Extensively drug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a tertiary care hospital in Taiwan: microbiologic characteristics, clinical features, and outcomes.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Feb 2008
Tan Che-Kim, Liaw Shwu-Jen, Yu Chong-Jen, Teng Lee-Jene, Hsueh Po-Ren
Abstract excerpt
A retrospective study was performed in a university-affiliated referral center from year 1999 to year 2004 to understand the trend of resistance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates associated with nosocomial infections and describe the emergence of an extensively drug-resistant S. maltophilia (XDRSM). A 49% increase in all types of nosocomial infections and an 85% increase in nosocomial bloodstream...
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