Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Intestinal Colonization in Hospitalized Oncology Patients with Diarrhea | Zendy

Anucha Apisarnthanarak | Zendy; Victoria J. Fraser | Zendy; William M. Dunne | Zendy; Jordan Little | Zendy; Joan HoppeBauer | Zendy; J.L. Mayfield | Zendy; Louis B. Polish | Zendy

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Intestinal Colonization in Hospitalized Oncology Patients with Diarrhea

Author(s) -

Anucha Apisarnthanarak,

Victoria J. Fraser,

William M. Dunne,

Jordan Little,

Joan HoppeBauer,

J.L. Mayfield,

Louis B. Polish

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/378297

Subject(s) - stenotrophomonas maltophilia , medicine , diarrhea , antibiotics , colonization , gastroenterology , stenotrophomonas , antibiotic associated diarrhea , microbiology and biotechnology , clostridium difficile , pseudomonas aeruginosa , bacteria , pseudomonas , biology , genetics

A 6-week surveillance study was performed to determine the prevalence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia intestinal colonization among patients hospitalized in an oncology unit who developed diarrhea. Ninety-two stool samples obtained from 41 patients were cultured, and 4 patients (4 [9.5%] of 41 patients) had cultures that were positive for S. maltophilia. After controlling for duration of diarrhea, patients colonized with S. maltophilia had received a greater number of different types of antibiotics than noncolonized patients (5 vs. 3 different drugs; P=.04).

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