title: [Sepsis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a previously healthy infant].
abstract: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is an opportunistic organism widely distributed in both environmental and nosocomial settings. Invasive infections typically occur in immunocompromised patients, but this agent can also produce sepsis in the immunocompetent host. We report the case of an 8 months old infant, previous healthy, who presented septic shock by P. aeruginosa. Lesions of ecthyma gangrenosum in his limbs required surgical debridement. The patient presented transitory neutropenia and reduced C4 levels but subsequent study of immune defects was normal.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sandoval C
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreno M
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abarca V
mesh_terms: D005734:Gangrene / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*