Post-surgical Gangrene with Pseudomonas luteola Resulting in Limb Amputation: A Case Review

Pseudomonas luteola is a rare infective agent with a variable resistance-sensitivity panel. Clinical suspicion and appropriate empiric treatment is necessary for resolution of such infections. We report a case of post-surgical gangrene as a result of Pseudomonas luteola culminating in limb amputatio...

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Autores principales: Roberts, Wallisa, Roessler, Carmen, Francis, Petra J, Noel, Dolland, Loukas, Marios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6290982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555756
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3441
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author Roberts, Wallisa
Roessler, Carmen
Francis, Petra J
Noel, Dolland
Loukas, Marios
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description Pseudomonas luteola is a rare infective agent with a variable resistance-sensitivity panel. Clinical suspicion and appropriate empiric treatment is necessary for resolution of such infections. We report a case of post-surgical gangrene as a result of Pseudomonas luteola culminating in limb amputation.
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spelling pubmed-62909822018-12-14 Post-surgical Gangrene with Pseudomonas luteola Resulting in Limb Amputation: A Case Review Roberts, Wallisa Roessler, Carmen Francis, Petra J Noel, Dolland Loukas, Marios Cureus General Surgery Pseudomonas luteola is a rare infective agent with a variable resistance-sensitivity panel. Clinical suspicion and appropriate empiric treatment is necessary for resolution of such infections. We report a case of post-surgical gangrene as a result of Pseudomonas luteola culminating in limb amputation. Cureus 2018-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6290982/ /pubmed/30555756 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3441 Text en Copyright © 2018, Roberts et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Roberts, Wallisa
Roessler, Carmen
Francis, Petra J
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Post-surgical Gangrene with Pseudomonas luteola Resulting in Limb Amputation: A Case Review
title Post-surgical Gangrene with Pseudomonas luteola Resulting in Limb Amputation: A Case Review
title_full Post-surgical Gangrene with Pseudomonas luteola Resulting in Limb Amputation: A Case Review
title_fullStr Post-surgical Gangrene with Pseudomonas luteola Resulting in Limb Amputation: A Case Review
title_full_unstemmed Post-surgical Gangrene with Pseudomonas luteola Resulting in Limb Amputation: A Case Review
title_short Post-surgical Gangrene with Pseudomonas luteola Resulting in Limb Amputation: A Case Review
title_sort post-surgical gangrene with pseudomonas luteola resulting in limb amputation: a case review
topic General Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6290982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555756
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3441
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