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Objectives

: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a gram-negative opportunistic bacterium that may cause a myriad of clinical diseases in immunocompromised individuals. We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics, risk factors, mortality, and treatment of S. maltophilia bacteremia in critically ill children, a topic on which data are sparse.

Design:

A multicenter observational retrospective study in which medical charts of critically ill children with S. maltophilia bacteremia were reviewed between 2012 and 2017.

Setting:

Data were collected from each of the four largest PICUs nationwide, allocated in tertiary medical centers to which children with complex conditions are referred regularly.

Patients:

A total of 68 suitable cases of S. maltophilia bacteremia were retrieved and reviewed.

Measurements and Main Results:

The total occurrence rate of S. maltophilia isolation had increased significantly during the study period (r= 0 …