Community-Acquired Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia Infection in a Child: A Case Report and Literature Review

Figures & data

Figure 1 The girls' chest Xray showed pneumonia on the side.

Figure 2 The leukocyte and CRP trend chart of the patient, and duration of appropriate treatment.

Figure 3 This chest X-ray showed bronchopneumonia, which was significantly better than the previous X-ray.

Table 1 Clinical Data of Patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Author/Year	Case No.	Age/Gender	Comorbidity	Infections	Susceptible to Drugs	Therapy	Outcome
Arpita Shah/2021^Citation6	1	9M/-	None	Meningitis	TMP/SMX, levofloxacin, ceftazidime	Ceftriaxone, cotrimoxazole levofloxacin	Recovered
Ayşe Büyükcam/2020^Citation7	2	-/-	Central venous catheler	Bacteremia	TMP/SMX, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin	TMP/SMX, ciprofloxacin	Discharged
Ayşe Büyükcam/2020^Citation7	3	-/-	Central venous catheler	Bacteremia	TMP/SMX, levofloxacin	Levofloxacin	Discharged
Itay Tokatly Latzer/2018^Citation8	4. 5. 6	-/-	-	-	-	TMP/SMX, Ciprofloxacin/milrocycline	-
Gang Wang/2019^Citation9	7	12Y/F	None	Discitis	-	TMP/SMX and milrocycline	Recovered

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