Leg ulcer due to Pseudomanas luteola in a patient with sickle cell disease.
Pseudomonas luteola is rarely implicated in clinical infections, usually in association with indwelling catheters or prostheses. This report describes the first case of deteriorated leg ulcer caused by a multiply antibiotic resistant P. luteola strain in a patient with homozygous sickle cell disease.
Tsakris
Athanassios
A
Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. atsakris@med.auth.gr
Hassapopoulou
Helen
H
Skoura
Lemonia
L
Pournaras
Spyros
S
Douboyas
John
J
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents