Non healing legs ulcers infected with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Pasquale Fino 1, Paolo Fioramonti 1, Massera Diego 1, Vittoria Amorosi 1, Maria Onesti 1
Affiliation
Article Info
1 Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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.
Keywords
- Antibiotic resistance Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
- Bionect Start ® ointment
- Serious infections
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
