Open AccessPseudomonas Aeruginosa Sepsis in a Previously Healthy Infant with Subcutaneous Nodules and Mastoid Bone Destruction
Author(s) -
Ebru Azapağası,
Fatma Nur Öz,
Mutlu Uysal Yazıcı,
Dilara Ceylan,
Emre Ocak,
Yasemin Yıldız,
Caner Aytekin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pediatric intensive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-4618
pISSN - 2146-4626
DOI - 10.1055/s-0040-1710001
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudomonas aeruginosa , otitis , septic shock , sepsis , osteomyelitis , dermatology , pathology , surgery , bacteria , genetics , biology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia is rare in previously healthy children. Skin lesions such as subcutaneous nodules and ecthyma gangrenosum may be the first manifestation of Pseudomonas infection that have rarely been reported. Herein we reported a previously healthy 6-month-old boy patient who presented with suppurative otitis media, multiple nodules, septic shock, and P. aeruginosa was identified in cultures of the blood, skin lesions, and purulent material of his ears.