[Locoregional polymorphous Pseudomonas aeruginosa skin infection].

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Date publication

octobre 2010

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr AUBIN François, Pr HUMBERT Philippe


Tous les auteurs :
Penz S, Puzenat E, Saccomani C, Mermet I, Blanc D, Humbert P, Aubin F

Résumé

A 72-year-old diabetic woman was referred with a painful chronic leg ulcer associated with venous and arterial insufficiency. She then developed a polymorphous skin infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with ecthyma gangrenosum, subcutaneous abscess and panniculitis of the homolateral inferior limb, without general sepsis. Although P. aeruginosa infection may induce polymorphous skin lesions, they are most often observed in immunocompromised patients following septicaemia.

Référence

Med Mal Infect. 2010 Oct;40(10):593-5