Phenotypic Characterization and Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Clinical Strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

• Main Authors: Dina Antón, Yasmina Araque, Marcos De Donato, Belkis Medina, María Marcano
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2005
• Subjects: S. maltophilia; Antimicrobianos; susceptibilidad; fenotipificación; infección nosocomial; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Mueller
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/57a02ba20a784eec8461b80b589867ba

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, previously known as Xanthomonas maltophilia and Pseudomonas maltophilia, is a Gram negative rod, and a non fermentator of glucose, recognized as a causal agent of diverse hospital infections, it also shows resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents. The objective of th...