2019•Indian Journal of Critical Care MedicineOpen access

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: More than Just a Colonizer!

Ankita Baidya, Parul Kodan, Farhan Fazal, Sandgup Tsering, P. Ramesh Menon, Pankaj Jorwal, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging gram-negative pathogen that was previously labeled as a colonizer.Nowadays, with multiple antibiotic usage along with certain host factors, infections caused by this organism are getting attention.We hereby report two cases of ventilator-associated pneumonia in postoperative infants by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a cardiac intensive care unit (ICU).

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Key concepts: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Stenotrophomonas, Medicine, Pneumonia, Gram-negative bacterial infections, Intensive care unit, Microbiology, Antibiotics