Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S.M.) is a Gram-negative bacillus, naturally resistant to cephalosporins and carbapenems, which can colonize different sites and may be responsible for serious infections for which treatment is a real challenge. This was rarely reported as cutaneous pathogenic organism causing cellulitis-like lesions, paronychia, mucocutaneous ulcers and ecthyma gangrenosum in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of non-healing legs ulcer infected with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
Non healing legs ulcers infected with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Fino, Pasquale; Fioramonti, Paolo; Diego, M.; Amorosi, V.; Onesti, Maria Giuseppina. - In: ANNALI ITALIANI DI CHIRURGIA. - ISSN 0003-469X. - STAMPA. - 84:ePub(2013), pp. 1-5. [10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00938.x]
Non healing legs ulcers infected with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
FINO, PASQUALE;FIORAMONTI, Paolo;V. Amorosi;ONESTI, Maria Giuseppina
2013
Abstract
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S.M.) is a Gram-negative bacillus, naturally resistant to cephalosporins and carbapenems, which can colonize different sites and may be responsible for serious infections for which treatment is a real challenge. This was rarely reported as cutaneous pathogenic organism causing cellulitis-like lesions, paronychia, mucocutaneous ulcers and ecthyma gangrenosum in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of non-healing legs ulcer infected with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
