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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Xanthomonadaceae > Stenotrophomonas > Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Xanthomonadaceae > Stenotrophomonas > Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Preferred term

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Pseudomonas maltophilia
  • Xanthomonas maltophilia

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A species of STENOTROPHOMONAS, formerly called Xanthomonas maltophilia, which reduces nitrate. It is a cause of hospital-acquired ocular and lung infections, especially in those patients with cystic fibrosis and those who are immunosuppressed.

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020615

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