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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3989-3990, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3989-3990.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Novel Nosocomial Infections by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: First Reported Case from Lucknow, North India

Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay, Anudita Bhargava, and Archana Ayyagari*

Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India

Received 27 December 2002/ Returned for modification 24 March 2003/ Accepted 2 June 2003

We describe a case of empyema with infected ascites caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, which has rarely been reported as pathogenic. The source was determined to a disinfectant solution. The isolate was sensitive to a newer carbapenem-meropenem, and the patient was treated successfully. This case represents a novel dual presentation of a nosocomial infection by the isolate in question.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebarely Rd., Lucknow, U.P., India Pin-226014. Phone: 91-0522-668700, ext. 2261. Fax: 91-522-2668017. E-mail: archana{at}sgpgi.ac.in.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3989-3990, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3989-3990.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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