Outbreak Of Extensively Drug Resistant Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia In Burn Unit

Stenotrophomonas maltophiliais an emerging cause of nosocomial infections. We report an outbreak of XDR-Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection from burn unit of a tertiary care hospital in July 2016. The strain isolated was resistant to all antimicrobials tested but colistin. Outbreak investigation...

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Published inJournal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC Vol. 29; no. 4; p. 686
Main Authors Ali, Usman, Abbasi, Shahid Ahmad, Kaleem, Fatima, Aftab, Irum, Butt, Tariq
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pakistan 01.10.2017
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Burn Units
Burns - complications
Burns - therapy
Child
Colistin - therapeutic use
Cross Infection - diagnosis
Cross Infection - drug therapy
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - diagnosis
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - drug therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Humans
Male
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia - isolation & purification
Young Adult
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Burn unit, Outbreak
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Summary:Stenotrophomonas maltophiliais an emerging cause of nosocomial infections. We report an outbreak of XDR-Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection from burn unit of a tertiary care hospital in July 2016. The strain isolated was resistant to all antimicrobials tested but colistin. Outbreak investigation was carried out which subsided after timely intervention. Patients were treated adequately by Colistin.
ISSN:1819-2718