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Pasquale Fino1, Paolo Fioramonti, Massera Diego
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University of Rome Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, 00141 Rome, Italy. pasquale.fino@gmail.com
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.
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