The Antibiotic sensitivity of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a 5-year period and investigation of clonal outbreak with PFGE

Conclusions: There was a clonal relationship between the vast majority of the 35S. maltophilia isolates, which suggests that there was a cross-contamination problem in the hospital. One strain (#4) was identified by dendrogram analysis showed a high rate of similarity to the other strains and was determined to be the common source of the cross-contamination.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research