Evaluation of a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia cluster in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients using whole genome sequencing

BACKGROUND: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ubiquitously occurs in the hospital environment. This opportunistic pathogen can cause severe infections in immunocompromised hosts such as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients. Between February and July 2016, a cluster of four patients o...

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Autores principales: Kampmeier, Stefanie, Pillukat, Mike H., Pettke, Aleksandra, Kossow, Annelene, Idelevich, Evgeny A., Mellmann, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5683369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29158893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-017-0276-y

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