2014
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1995
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Recurrent <i>Stenotrophomonas maltophilia</i> Bacteremia after Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvest

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 levofloxacin and cefozopran was ineffective, but the patient's infection was… Show more

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