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Volume 32, Number 3—March 2026

Synopsis

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bloodstream Infection Outbreak in Acute Care Hospital, California, USA, 2022–20231

Sana M. Khan, Axel A. Vazquez Deida, Steven Langerman, Jennifer C. Hunter, Rebeca Elliott, Alison Laufer Halpin, Alyssa G. Kent, Paige Gable, Heather A. Moulton-Meissner, Frances C. Knight, Thomas Ewing, Kristen Clancy, Amit Chitnis, Eileen F. Dunne, Dustin Heaton, Barbara Allen, Hillary Metcalf, Munira Shemsu, Kathleen Nava, Suada Abdic, Kiran M. Perkins, Elsa Villarino, Jeffrey Silvers, and Kavita K. TrivediComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S.M. Khan, A.A. Vazquez Deida, S. Langerman, J.C. Hunter, A. Laufer Halpin, A.G. Kent, P. Gable, H.A. Moulton-Meissner, F.C. Knight, T. Ewing, K. Clancy, K.M. Perkins); Alameda County Public Health Department, San Leandro, California, USA (S.M. Khan, A. Chitnis, E.F. Dunne, D. Heaton, M. Shemsu, K.K. Trivedi); California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA (R. Elliott, B. Allen, H. Metcalf, E. Villarino); Sutter Health, Sacramento, California, USA (K. Nava, S. Abdic, J. Silvers)

Main Article

Figure 1

Number of cases per month in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infection outbreak in acute care hospital, California, USA, 2022–2023. Graph includes isolates with whole-genome sequencing results showing sequence type 239.

Figure 1. Number of cases per month in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infection outbreak in acute care hospital, California, USA, 2022–2023. Graph includes isolates with whole-genome sequencing results showing sequence type 239.

Main Article

1Preliminary results were presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference; April 16–19, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA.

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