Recurrent facial pain due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa sinusitis.
Pseudomonas (P) aeruginosa has been rarely reported as a causative agent of chronic sinusitis in otherwise healthy individuals, mostly as part of polymicrobial infections, while it has been frequently described among immunocompromised patients. We report a case of chronic maxillary sinustitis due to P. aeruginosa presenting as recurrent facial pain in a previously healthy middle-aged woman. Bacteriological diagnosis was established by tissue cultures and definitive treatment was achieved by surgical intervention and postoperative antibiotic treatment along with topical care.
Danielides
Vasilis
V
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. vdanielidis@hotmail.com
Nousia
Christina-Sophia
CS
Gesouli
Eleni
E
Papakostas
Vasilios
V
Milionis
Haralampos J
HJ
Skevas
Antonios
A
D002908:Chronic Disease; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications*