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Pseudomonas maltophilia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul E. Schoch  and
Burke A. Cunha
Paul E. Schoch
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division and the Department of Pathology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York
Burke A. Cunha*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division and the Department of Pathology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York
*
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501
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Abstract

Pseudomonas maltophilia is a free-living ubiquitous organism of wide geographic distribution. It has been isolated from a variety of animals, plants, and from nearly every site on or within the human body, where it is usually a commensal/contaminant. It is frequently cultured as transient flora in hospitalized patients, but occasionally is a cause of opportunistic infections, including bacteremia/septicemia, endocarditis, pneumonia, cholangitis, conjunctivitis, mastoiditis, meningitis, wound infections/abscesses, and urinary tract infections.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , April 1987 , pp. 169 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1987

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