Stenotrophomonas isolates in a tertiary care centre in South India.

Indian J Med Microbiol

Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Microbiology Office, CMC Hospital, Vellore, 632004, Tamil Nadu, India.

Published: March 2022

Purpose: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multi-drug resistant pathogen increasingly isolated in India. This study aimed to identify patients from whom Stenotrophomonas maltophilia had been isolated and assess predictors of mortality in this population.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of hospitalized patients with a positive culture for S. maltophilia over a 3-year period. Clinical details and laboratory results were assessed from hospital records. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was used to identify risk factors for mortality.

Results: One hundred and nineteen patients (mean age 48.6 years) were included in the study. Of these, 111 patients were hospitalized for at least 48 ​hours prior to culture and 98 were admitted in the intensive care unit. Bivariate analysis revealed multiple associations with mortality, including a background of renal, cardiac, autoimmune disease, recent carbapenam use and COVID-19 infection and increasing ventilatory requirement, lower PaO/FiO (P/F) ratio, vasopressor use, thrombocytopenia, and hypoalbuminemia at the time of positive isolate. Multivariate analysis showed that autoimmune disease [OR 27.38; 95% CI (1.39-540)], a P/F ratio of less than 300 [OR 7.58; 95% CI (1.52-37.9)], vasopressor requirement [OR 39.50; 95% CI (5.49-284)] and thrombocytopenia [OR 11.5; 95% CI (2.04-65.0)] were statistically significantly associated with increased mortality, while recent surgery and receipt of antibiotics [OR 0.16; 95% CI (0.03-0.8)] targeted against S. maltophilia were associated with decreased mortality.

Conclusion: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is primarily isolated in patients in the intensive care unit. In our study the need for vasopressors, autoimmune disease, lower P/F ratios and thrombocytopenia were associated with higher mortality. The association of targeted antibiotics with reduced mortality suggests that the pathogenic role of S. maltophilia should not be underestimated. This finding needs to be confirmed with larger, prospective studies.

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