High Genetic Diversity among Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolates from Single Hospital: Nosocomial Outbreaks or Genotypic Profile Changes during Subcultures

Guvenir M., OTLU B., Tunc E., Aktas E., Suer K.

MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.25, no.2, pp.40-49, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.21315/mjms2018.25.2.5
  • Journal Name: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.40-49
  • Keywords: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, multiclonal outbreaks, hypermutation, FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, EMERGING PATHOGEN, PATTERNS, STRAINS
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a non-fermentative gram-negative bacillus which is widely recognised as an important nosocomial pathogen causing pneumonia, blood-stream, wound and urinary tract infections, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate a nosocomial outbreak of by S. maltophilia in an intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital and evaluate unexpected multiclonality.