Significance of positive Stenotrophomonas maltophilia culture in acute respiratory tract infection
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Significance of positive Stenotrophomonas maltophilia culture in acute respiratory tract infection.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a common coloniser of the respiratory tract of patients with chronic lung disease, and, in the absence of pneumonia or bacteraemia, is often ignored by physicians at the Royal Perth Hospital (Perth, Australia). Experience at the Royal Perth Hospital was reviewed to determine whether ignoring S. maltophilia in this setting has any apparent effect on clinical outco...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00096704