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[Necrotizing otitis externa caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia]
D Börner1, W C Marsch, M Fischer
1Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale).
Abstract:
The gram-negative bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is feared, especially in intensive care wards, as a nosocomial opportunistic pathogen causing fulminant septicemia and organ failure in immunosuppressed patients. A patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia developed a cutaneous infection with the clinical pattern of necrotizing otitis externa.