Antimicrobial susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates from a Korean tertiary care hospital

Yonsei Med J. 2012 Mar;53(2):439-41. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.2.439.

Abstract

We determined the antimicrobial susceptibility of 90 clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia collected in 2009 at a tertiary care hospital in Korea. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, minocycline, and levofloxacin were active against most of the isolates tested. Moxifloxacin and tigecycline were also active and hold promise as therapeutic options for S. maltophilia infections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Hospitals
  • Korea
  • Levofloxacin
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Minocycline / pharmacology
  • Ofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / drug effects*
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Levofloxacin
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
  • Ofloxacin
  • Minocycline