Thoracic Research and Practice
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia as a Pathogen of Nosocomial Pneumonia: Seven Case Reports

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Dörtyol Devlet Hastanesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Tüberküloz Kliniği, Hatay, Türkiye

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İskenderun Devlet Hastanesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Tüberküloz Kliniği, Hatay, Türkiye

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Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Tüberküloz Anabilim Dalı, Manisa, Türkiye

Thorac Res Pract 2013; 14: 72-74
DOI: 10.5152/ttd.2013.14
Read: 1419 Downloads: 1085 Published: 18 July 2019

Abstract

 

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, which is often found in hospital environments, has become an increasingly common nosocomial pathogen. As a cause of nosocomial pneumonia in an intensive care government hospital here, 7 patients with S. maltophilia detected in their sputum cultures were evaluated with regard to age, gender, underlying diseases and risk factors, and antibiotic susceptibilities of laboratory and radiographic findings.
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