Open AccessChronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India
Author(s) -
Kalidas Rit,
Falguni Nag,
Abhik Sarkar,
Prabal K. Maiti
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.115489
Subject(s) - medicine , acinetobacter , venous leg ulcer , multiple drug resistance , staphylococcus aureus , leg ulcer , intensive care medicine , drug resistance , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , biology
Chronic venous leg ulcer represents a major issue for both patients and health-care provider being associated with impaired quality of life. We here report a case of non-healing venous ulcer over gaiter area of right leg. The ulcer presented with unique features of polymicrobial infection of multi-drug resistant species including, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, metallo-β lactamase producing Acinetobacter baumanii and Acinetobacter lowffii