Fecal colonization and infection with <i><scp>P</scp>seudomonas aeruginosa</i> in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Abstract

The incidence of P. aeruginosa colonization and subsequent infection was low. Patients who were not colonized had a low chance of developing P. aeruginosa infection. Most patients who developed infection did not have fecal colonization, suggesting a different source of infection. SSCs for P. aeruginosa provide incomplete information regarding the source of infection.