Acute upper airway obstruction caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia soft tissue infection.
A previously healthy 71-y-old male developed acute upper airway obstruction caused by a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection of the mucocutaneous and soft tissue of the neck. Ventilator support was provided via a small-calibre endotracheal tube. Stenotrophomonas was susceptible only to levofloxacin and cotrimoxazole. Antibiotic therapy rapidly improved the soft tissue oedema, allowing extubation and discharge from the intensive care unit.
Bello
Giuseppe
G
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. gbello.gb@libero.it
Alberto Pennisi
Mariano
M
Fragasso
Tiziana
T
Mignani
Vittorio
V
Antonelli
Massimo
M
D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed