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Multicenter epidemiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infections in Indian ICUs: building digital surveillance network

  • Parul Singh
  • , M. Nizam Ahmed
  • , Ashish Kumar Srivastava
  • , Arpan Kumar Thakur
  • , Rasna Parveen
  • , Mamta Puraswani
  • , Subodh Kumar
  • , Sushma Sagar
  • , Kapil Dev Soni
  • , Richa Aggarwal
  • , Ashish Bindra
  • , Keshav Goyal
  • , Kamran Farooque
  • , Arunaloke Chakrabarti
  • , Camilla Rodrigues
  • , Veeraraghavan Balaji
  • , Pallab Ray
  • , Manisha Biswal
  • , Neelam Taneja
  • , Archana Angrup
  • Chand Wattal, Vimala Venkatesh, Nandini Sethuraman, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Vibhor Tak, Bijayini Behera, Vinaykumar Hallur, Raja Ray, Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy, Inderpaul Sehgal, Sanjeev K. Singh, Sharmila Sen Gupta, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Joy Sarojini Michael, Bashir Ahmad Fomda, Tadepalli Karuna, Vijayshri Deotale, Amber Prasad, Kanne Padmaja, Vijeta Bajpai, Reema Nath, Renu Gur, Sheela Devi, Shalini Malhotra, Rajni Gaind, Ranjana Devi Khuraijam, Rajni Sharma, Summaiya Mullan, John Antony Jude Prakash, Hema Paul, Priscilla Rupali, Sheetal Verma, Sangita Rajdev, Neeraj Goel, Juliah Chelliah, Satyam Mukherjee, Aparna Sonowal, Veena Kumari, Prachi Verma, Vandana KE, Manisha Subrao Mane, Tapan Majumder, Kamini Walia, Purva Mathur*
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: To investigate the geospatial epidemiology, clinical features, treatment patterns, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) trends of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infections (BSIs) in Indian intensive care units (ICUs) participating in a standardized healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance program from 2017 to 2024. Methods: This retrospective, multicentric study analyzed surveillance data from 54 ICUs across India. Standardized HAI definitions and protocols were applied to characterize infection types, clinical outcomes, and antimicrobial susceptibility. Results: A total of 271 S. maltophilia isolates were identified, with the highest burden in 2023–24 (n = 76, 28.0%). Central line-associated BSIs (CLABSIs) predominated (64.9%), though their proportion decreased over time, with non-CLABSIs rising from 7.4% (2017–18) to 42.1% (2023–24). Mortality was highest in secondary BSIs (60%), followed by CLABSIs (50.3%) and non-CLABSIs (36.4%). The median ICU stay for CLABSI patients was 21 days. No significant associations were observed between infection type and time to infection or length of stay. High resistance was observed to tobramycin (92%), amikacin (80%), and piperacillin-tazobactam (70%), while trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (64.7–94.7%), levofloxacin (93%), and minocycline (94.1%) retained activity. Conclusion: S. maltophilia represents a significant ICU pathogen in India, underscoring the urgent need for genomic surveillance and resistance-guided therapeutic strategies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1725629
JournalFrontiers in Microbiology
Volume16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Microbiology
  • Microbiology (medical)

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