[Necrotizing otitis externa caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia].
The gram-negative bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is feared, especially in intensive care wards, as a nosocomial opportunistic pathogen causing fulminant septicemia and organ failure in immunosuppressed patients. A patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia developed a cutaneous infection with the clinical pattern of necrotizing otitis externa.
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Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale).
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D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001706:Biopsy; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin