TY - JOUR
T1 - Pseudomonas aeruginosa preseptal cellulitis and focal necrosis in a patient with severe immunocompromise
AU - Hulten, Edward A.
AU - Shah, Anita A.
AU - Petersen, Kyle N.
AU - Gallagher, Christopher M.
AU - Vangeertruyden, Peter H.
AU - Kortepeter, Mark G.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a motile, aerobic, gram-negative rod that has become a leading infectious agent among patients who were hospitalized and immunocompromised. We report a case of preseptal periorbital cellulitis due to pseudomonas with focal skin necrosis (ecthyma gangrenosum) in a patient with severe immunocompromise. Ecthyma gangrenosum is known to be associated with sepsis and death but is rarely reported as a complication of preseptal cellulitis.
AB - Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a motile, aerobic, gram-negative rod that has become a leading infectious agent among patients who were hospitalized and immunocompromised. We report a case of preseptal periorbital cellulitis due to pseudomonas with focal skin necrosis (ecthyma gangrenosum) in a patient with severe immunocompromise. Ecthyma gangrenosum is known to be associated with sepsis and death but is rarely reported as a complication of preseptal cellulitis.
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U2 - 10.1097/IPC.0b013e318198dba1
DO - 10.1097/IPC.0b013e318198dba1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70349744311
SN - 1056-9103
VL - 17
SP - 346
EP - 348
JO - Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
JF - Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
IS - 5
ER -