Recurrent Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia after iliac crest bone graft harvest.

Volume: 53, Issue: 15, Pages: 1693 - 1698
Published: Jan 1, 2014
Abstract
We describe a rare case of recurrent Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia in a previously healthy 45-year-old man. The infection was caused by osteomyelitis at the site of an iliac crest bone graft harvest. A genetic analysis using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) revealed that the blood isolates and pathogens obtained from the surgical wound were identical. Initial treatment with...
Paper Details
Title
Recurrent Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia after iliac crest bone graft harvest.
Published Date
Jan 1, 2014
Volume
53
Issue
15
Pages
1693 - 1698
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