Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia secondary to acute right leg cellulitis: case of community-acquired infection

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative bacillus that causes wide spectrum clinical infections. However, it is most frequently associated with hospital-acquired infection. In this case a 58-year-old male with underlying hypertension and dyslipidaemia was admitted for acute right leg cellulitis. Ps...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wahab, Asrul Abdul, Rahman, M.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4803009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27034639
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Sumario:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative bacillus that causes wide spectrum clinical infections. However, it is most frequently associated with hospital-acquired infection. In this case a 58-year-old male with underlying hypertension and dyslipidaemia was admitted for acute right leg cellulitis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was identified from the case, though it was not a usual suspected organism. It might be due to community-acquired infection.

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