The Difficulty in Administering Appropriate Antimicrobial Therapy for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bacteremia

Intern Med. 2017 Oct 15;56(20):2815. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9016-17. Epub 2017 Sep 15.

Authors

Mitsuru Yanai¹, Yoshinori Inagaki¹, Tomohiko Tokunaga¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of General Medicine, Department Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gram staining; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; antimicrobial therapy; carbapenem-resistant bacterium.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents*
Bacteremia
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Humans
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia* / immunology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents

Supplementary concepts

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia