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.

Annotation

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

DUI

D020615 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0328592

Previous indexing

Xanthomonas (1995-1999)

History note

2000

Public note

2000