Outbreak of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in an intensive care unit-Alameda County, California, May-October 2022

• Main Authors: Rebeca Elliott (Author), Jeffrey Silvers (Author), Axel Vazquez Deida (Author), Paige Gable (Author), Gillian McAllister (Author), Alyssa Kent (Author), Thomas Ewing (Author), Janet Glowicz (Author), Matthew Arduino (Author), Heather Moulton-Meissner (Author), Mir Noorbakhsh (Author), Patricia Rodrigues (Author), Munira Shemsu (Author), Amit Chitnis (Author), Hilary Metcalf (Author), Barbara Allen (Author), Suada Abdic (Author), Alison Halpin (Author), Kavita Trivedi (Author), Amelia Keaton (Author), Margarita Elsa Villarino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a gram-negative, biofilm-producing bacterium that is ubiquitous in water environments and often associated with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Outbreaks of S. maltophilia bloodstream infections are a rare event and raise the suspicion of a common...