Antibiotic sensitivity of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a 5-year period and investigation of clonal outbreak with PFGE

Caliskan, Ahmet; Cicek, AYŞEGÜL; Ejder, NEBAHAT; Karagoz, Alper; Kirişçi, Ozlem; Kılıç, Selcuk

doi:10.3855/jidc.11171

Antibiotic sensitivity of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a 5-year period and investigation of clonal outbreak with PFGE

Caliskan A., Cicek A., Ejder N., Karagoz A., Kirişçi O., Kılıç S.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, cilt.13, sa.7, ss.634-639, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 7
Basım Tarihi: 2019
Doi Numarası: 10.3855/jidc.11171
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.634-639
Anahtar Kelimeler: Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis, clonal outbreak, antibiotic sensitivity, ANTIMICROBIAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM, MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY, RESISTANCE, PATTERNS, INFECTION, SUSCEPTIBILITY, INTEGRONS, STRAINS, GENES
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, which is able to form a biofilm, has mostly been related to catheters when it is the agent in hospital infections; these infections generally present as bacteremia and pneumonia, which may progress with complications and result in death.