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AI InsightAs a cause of nosocomial pneumonia in an intensive care government hospital here, 7 patients with S. maltophilia detected in their sputum cultures were evaluated with regard to age, gender, underlying diseases and risk factors, and antibiotic suscep- tibilities of laboratory and radiographic findings.
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Abstract
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, which is often found in hospital environments, has become an increasingly common nosocomial pathogen. As a cause of nosocomial pneumonia in an intensive care government hospital here, 7 patients with S. maltophilia detected in their sputum cultures were evaluated with regard to age, gender, underlying diseases and risk factors, and antibiotic suscep- tibilities of laboratory and radiographic findings.
Özet
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, hastane ortamında giderek artan nozokomiyal patojenlerden biri haline gelmiştir. Burada devlet hastanesi yoğun bakımında nozokomiyal pnömoni etkeni olarak balgam kültüründe S. maltophilia saptanan 7 olgunun yaş, cinsiyet, altta yatan hastalıkları ve risk faktörleri, laboratuar ve radyografik bulguları ile antibiyotik duyarlılıkları değerlendirilmiştir.