[Noma in a patient with acute leukemia allergic to penicillin]

Noma has virtually disappeared from Europe, but is still found in certain parts of Africa, South America and Asia. In our case the etiologic agent was Pseudomonas aeruginosa sensitive to antibiotic therapy that we used (pefloxacin and netilmicin). Another characteristic aspect of our case is the rapid infaust evolution. In this report will be discuss the pathogenesis and the reason of the failure of the antibiotic therapy especially in immunodeficiency patients.