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Sinusitis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
1Department of Internal Medicine, Landspitali-University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland. gunnarbg@rsp.is
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|April 4, 2002
Abstract:
This is the first report of a patient diagnosed with sinusitis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Despite the organism being resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, the infection was cured by drainage and treatment with intravenous piperacillin, followed by oral ciprofloxacin.