Acinetobacter baumannii orofacial cellulitis: report of 2 cases.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
; 127(6): e118-e122, 2019 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Acinetobacter baumannii infection of skin and soft tissues is uncommon and usually associated with trauma. The present report describes 2 pediatric cases of cellulitis in the orofacial region, caused by A. baumannii infection with a fatal outcome. A 12-year-old male patient, diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, presented with an ulcerated lesion on the lip suggestive of local trauma. The condition progressed to cellulitis, epithelial necrosis, and nonspecific vesicles and blisters. The second case occurred in a 10-year-old male patient with a diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma. The patient's condition progressed to World Health Organization Grade IV mucositis and cellulitis. In both cases, hemoculture was positive for multidrug-resistant A. baumannii. In conclusion, A. baumannii should be considered a potentially multidrug-resistant pathogen in the presence of skin and soft tissue cellulitis. Ulcerated oral lesions may place hospitalized pediatric patients at risk for A. baumannii infection.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções por Acinetobacter
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Celulite (Flegmão)
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Acinetobacter baumannii
Limite:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article