1. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: More than Just a Colonizer!
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Baidya, Ankita, Kodan, Parul, Fazal, Farhan, Tsering, Sandgup, Menon, P. Ramesh, Jorwal, Pankaj, and Chowdhury, Ujjwal Kumar
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ANTIBIOTICS ,CROSS infection ,GRAM-negative bacterial diseases ,INTENSIVE care units ,POSTOPERATIVE period ,VENTILATOR-associated pneumonia ,DISEASE complications ,CHILDREN - 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). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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