title: Non healing legs ulcers infected with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
abstract: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S.M.) is a Gram-negative bacillus, naturally resistant to cephalosporins and carbapenems, which can colonize different sites and may be responsible for serious infections for which treatment is a real challenge. This was rarely reported as cutaneous pathogenic organism causing cellulitis-like lesions, paronychia, mucocutaneous ulcers and ecthyma gangrenosum in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of non-healing legs ulcer infected with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
authors: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University of Rome Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, 00141 Rome, Italy. pasquale.fino@gmail.com
authors: Pasquale
authors: P
authors: Fino
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Fioramonti
authors: Massera
authors: M
authors: Diego
authors: Vittoria
authors: V
authors: Amorosi
authors: Maria Giuseppina
authors: MG
authors: Onesti
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; D017211:Treatment Failure