tailieunhanh - Báo cáo sinh học: "The molecular epidemiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia in a tertiary referral hospital in the United Arab Emirates 2000–2004"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học Clinical Microbiology đề tài: The molecular epidemiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia in a tertiary referral hospital in the United Arab Emirates 2000–2004. | Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials BioMed Central Research Open Access The molecular epidemiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia in a tertiary referral hospital in the United Arab Emirates 2000-2004 Pauline A Jumaa 1 2 4 Agnes Sonnevend1 Tibor Pàl1 2 Mohammed El Hag1 Ray Amith1 and Omar Trad3 Address Department of Medical Microbiology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences UAE University Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2Department of Microbiology Tawam Hospital P O Box 15258 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 3Department of Paediatric Oncology Tawam Hospital P O Box 15258 Al Ain United Arab Emirates and 4Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TH UK Email Pauline A Jumaa - Agnes Sonnevend - pala@ Tibor Pàl - Mohammed El Hag - Ray Amith - 5sra1@ Omar Trad - oatrad@ Corresponding author Published 28 December 2006 Received 06 October 2006 Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2006 5 32 doi l 476-071 1-5- Accepted 28 December 2006 32 This article is available from http content 5 1 32 2006 Jumaa et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is recognised as an important cause of nosocomial infection especially in immunocompromised patients resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment of S. maltophilia infection presents a therapeutic challenge. The precise modes of transmission of S. maltophilia in the hospital environment are not known and such knowledge is .