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. 2019 Sep;23(9):434-436.
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23241.

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: More than Just a Colonizer!

Ankita Baidya  1 , Parul Kodan  1 , Farhan Fazal  1 , Sandgup Tsering  2 , P Ramesh Menon  2 , Pankaj Jorwal  1 , Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury  2
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: More than Just a Colonizer!

Ankita Baidya et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2019 Sep.

Abstract

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging gram-negative pathogen that was previously labeled as a colonizer. Nowadays, with multiple antibiotic usage along with certain host factors, infections caused by this organism are getting attention. We hereby report two cases of ventilator-associated pneumonia in postoperative infants by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a cardiac intensive care unit (ICU). How to cite this article: Baidya A, Kodan P, Fazal F, Tsering S, Menon RP, Jorwal P, et al. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: More than Just a Colonizer! Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(9):434-436.

Keywords: Nosocomial; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; Ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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Chest X-ray showing right upper lobe collapse with diffuse infiltrates in left lung parenchyma
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Chest X-ray showing right upper lobe collapse with right middle zone infiltrates
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Chest X-ray showing improvement on antibiotic
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