Community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in an infant
Date
1996
Authors
Hendricks M.K.
Senekal M.
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Abstract
A 7-month-old infant presented at a tertiary centre with a 6-day history of a skin rash, fever and diarrhoea. Clinical features included pyrexia, kwashiorkor, extensive ulcerating skin lesions suggestive of ecthyma gangrenosum, hepatomegaly, meningismus, neutropenia and iron deficiency anaemia. Blood and skin aspirate cultures yielded a positive growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Apart from severe protein energy malnutrition, no other causes of immunodeficiency were found. He responded well to parenteral antibiotic therapy with gentamicin and piperacillin.
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bcg vaccine, diphtheria pertussis tetanus vaccine, folic acid, gentamicin, magnesium, multivitamin, piperacillin, poliomyelitis vaccine, retinol, zinc, article, blood culture, case report, clinical feature, diarrhea, fever, gram negative infection, hepatomegaly, human, human cell, immune deficiency, infant, intravenous drug administration, iron deficiency anemia, kwashiorkor, male, meningism, neutropenia, nonhuman, protein calorie malnutrition, pseudomonas aeruginosa, rash, skin culture, skin ulcer, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Bacteremia, Community-Acquired Infections, Gentamicins, Humans, Infant, Kwashiorkor, Male, Penicillins, Piperacillin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas Infections
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Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
16
3
16
3