Carrillo ER, Martínez LJF, Mendoza GJG

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 621-625
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ABSTRACT

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an aerobic gramnegative rod. It causes infection in immunosuppressed hosts, specially those who are neutropaenic, on chemotherapy and broad spectrum antibiotics. S. maltophilia causes principally bacteremias or ventilator associated pneumonia. Skin and soft tissue infections secondary to S. maltophilia are uncommon but are becoming increasingly recognized entity in patients with cancer or hematological diseases. The clinical spectrum ranges from cellulitis to mucocutaneous and metastatic nodular skin lesions. We describe the case of a patient with severe neutropenia secondary to aplastic anemia who developed cellulitis of the left foot by S. maltophilia.

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