Abstract
tenotrophomonas maltophiliais an emerging cause of nosocomial infections. We report an outbreak of XDR-Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection from burn unit of a tertiary care hospital in July 2016. The strain isolated was resistant to all antimicrobials tested but colistin. Outbreak investigation was carried out which subsided after timely intervention. Patients were treated adequately by Colistin.

Usman Ali,, Shahid Ahmad Abbasi, Fatima Kaleem,, Irum Aftab, , Tariq Butt. (2017) OUTBREAK OF EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANTSTENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA IN BURN UNIT, JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE ABBOTTABAD, Volume 29, Issue 4.
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