| emergence of stenotrophomonas maltophilia nosocomial isolates in a saudi children's hospital. risk factors and clinical characteristics. | to describe the clinical characteristics of pediatric patients colonized or infected by stenotrophomonas maltophilia (s. maltophilia) at a saudi children's hospital, to identify risk factors associated with infection, and to investigate the antimicrobial resistance patterns of this emerging pathogen. methods: in this cross-sectional observational study, 64 non-duplicating s. maltophilia strains were isolated in najran maternity and children's hospital, najran, saudi arabia between january 201 ... | 2017 | 28439603 |