Subcutaneous lesions and bacteraemia due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in three leukaemic patients with neutropenia

C Moser; V Jønsson; K Thomsen; J Albrectsen; M M Hansen; J Prag

Subcutaneous lesions and bacteraemia due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in three leukaemic patients with neutropenia

Br J Dermatol. 1997 Jun;136(6):949-52.

Authors

C Moser¹, V Jønsson, K Thomsen, J Albrectsen, M M Hansen, J Prag

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 9217834

Abstract

Subcutaneous lesions were seen in three of 13 neutropenia patients who had Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia bacteraemia. The characteristic clinical presentation resembled leukaemic infiltrates, and were different from deep ulcers or subcutaneous nodules caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The three patients had acute leukaemia and were treated with intensive combination chemotherapy. All had previously been treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics, and each patient recovered after proper combination antibiotic treatment given according to sensitivity testing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Bacteremia / complications*
Bacteremia / pathology
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Leukemia / complications*
Leukemia / pathology
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / complications
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / pathology
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology
Neutropenia / complications*
Neutropenia / pathology
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / complications*
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / pathology
Xanthomonas / pathogenicity*