Ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient

Ecthyma gangrenosum is a cutaneous infection typically associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, it is rarely caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia which might be overlooked leading to devastating consequences. We describe this case to avoid delays in the diagnosis and treatment of this aggr...

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Autores principales: Ali, Gawahir A., Goravey, Wael, Maslamani, Muna Al, Omrani, Ali S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Illustrated
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8526958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34703764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01304
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author Ali, Gawahir A.
Goravey, Wael
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Omrani, Ali S.
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description Ecthyma gangrenosum is a cutaneous infection typically associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, it is rarely caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia which might be overlooked leading to devastating consequences. We describe this case to avoid delays in the diagnosis and treatment of this aggressive infection, especially in immunocompromised patients.
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spelling pubmed-85269582021-10-25 Ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient Ali, Gawahir A. Goravey, Wael Maslamani, Muna Al Omrani, Ali S. IDCases Case Illustrated Ecthyma gangrenosum is a cutaneous infection typically associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, it is rarely caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia which might be overlooked leading to devastating consequences. We describe this case to avoid delays in the diagnosis and treatment of this aggressive infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. Elsevier 2021-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8526958/ /pubmed/34703764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01304 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ali, Gawahir A.
Goravey, Wael
Maslamani, Muna Al
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Ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title Ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_full Ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_fullStr Ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_full_unstemmed Ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_short Ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_sort ecthyma gangrenosum: a rare manifestation of stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in acute myelogenous leukemia patient
topic Case Illustrated
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8526958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34703764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01304
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