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Background   Stenotrophomonas maltophilia  is recognised as an important cause of nosocomial infection, especially in immunocompromised patients, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment of  S. maltophilia  infection presents a therapeutic challenge. The precise modes of transmission of  S. maltophilia  in the hospital environment are not known and such knowledge is essential to target interventions to prevent spread. There are few published data on the patterns of nosocomial infection in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A recent study showed that  S. maltophilia  is an established cause of bloodstream infection in Tawam Hospital in the UAE. Little is known about its epidemiology in the hospital.    Methods  We describe the clinical characteristics of 25 episodes of  S. maltophilia  bacteraemia which occurred from 2000–2004. The strains were characterised using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).    Results  All episodes were hospital-acquired and malignancy and central venous catheters were predisposing factors. Catheter-associated infection comprised 88% infection. Catheter removal was important for the successful management of catheter-associated infection. The results of PFGE suggested that there were as many strains as patients.  S. maltophilia  strains isolated from the same patient had indistinguishable PFGE profiles.    Conclusion  PFGE is a valid and reproducible typing method for  S. maltophilia . The precise sources and modes of spread of  S. maltophilia  in the hospital are still not known. Knowledge that person to person transmission was not a major mode of transmission enabled infection control interventions for  S. maltophilia  to be targeted more effectively.

The molecular epidemiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia in a tertiary referral hospital in the United Arab Emirates 2000-2004.