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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: An Emerging Pathogen of the Respiratory Tract
The American journal of case reports, v 21, 921466
25 May 2020
PMID: 32448864
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Abstract
Objective: Rare disease
Background: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has the propensity to cause a plethora of opportunistic infections in humans owing to biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance. It is often seen as a co-organism along with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Case Report: A 70-year-old woman with several co-morbidities presented reporting hypoglycemia and dyspnea. An imaging study of the chest was suggestive of deterioration of pneumonia, with increased opacities. Initial respiratory cultures were negative, while subsequent repeat cultures revealed the growth of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia susceptible to trimethoprim plus sulfamethoxazole and levofloxacin. The patient had a poor prognosis and eventually died despite appropriate measures.
Conclusions: A decline in the clinical status of a patient such as ours makes it hard to quickly diagnose this organism correctly. Physicians should thus be cautious of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia-induced infection and more emphasis should be placed on appropriate treatment due to the emerging risk of antibiotic resistance.
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- Title
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: An Emerging Pathogen of the Respiratory Tract
- Creators
- Tejaswi Kanderi - UPMC Central PaIsha Shrimanker - UPMC Central PaQurat Mansoora - UPMC Central PaKajol Shah - Drexel Univ, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAAnna Yumen - Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterSaketram Komanduri - UPMC Central Pa
- Publication Details
- The American journal of case reports, v 21, 921466
- Publisher
- Int Scientific Information, Inc
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000535255700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85085459149
- Other Identifier
- 991021860777604721
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