Infection Trends, Susceptibility Pattern, and Treatment Options for <i>Stenotrophomonas maltophilia</i> Infections in Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Study

Abstract

Introduction Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging environmental, gram-negative, multidrug-resistant organism, associated with risk factors such as prolonged hospitalization, invasive procedures, admission to the intensive care unit, mechanical ventilation, use of indwelling catheters, administration of immunosuppressants or corticosteroids, human immunodeficiency virus infection, underlying malignancy, and organ transplantation. The organism, despite being of low invasiveness in immune-competent individuals, is difficult to treat because of intrinsic resistance to several antimicrobial agents.

Keywords

• Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
• trauma
• bloodstream infections