Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Its Ability to Form Biofilms

In the last ten years, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has gained increasing interest as an important agent of infection, which is why it come to be recognized a serious cause nosocomial infections related bloodstream infections, pneumonia, and cancer, mainly in patients with intensive care, associated high mortality rates immunocompromised patients, prolonged hospital stays extensive use antimicrobials. The importance this microorganism lies its low pathogenicity, multiresistance various antibiotics, frequent persistent isolation predisposed patients. addition, few studies have evaluated epidemiology clinical relevance. pathogenesis biofilms fact that they can generate chronic are difficult eradicate. To extent, make characteristics biofilm formation behavior known more knowledge about colonization or infection humans through review, discusses recent information.