Disseminated Soft Tissue Infection and Sepsis with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient

A 32-year-old female presented with aplastic anemia and subsequently underwent a one-antigen mismatched bone marrow transplant from her brother. She failed to engraft and a second graft was attempted. Protracted neutropenia of three months’ duration despite the use of broad spectrum antibiotics occu...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey H Lipton, Kelly S MacDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1996-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/507579
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description A 32-year-old female presented with aplastic anemia and subsequently underwent a one-antigen mismatched bone marrow transplant from her brother. She failed to engraft and a second graft was attempted. Protracted neutropenia of three months’ duration despite the use of broad spectrum antibiotics occurred. Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia metastatic cellulitis developed that did not respond to appropriate antibiotics.
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spelling doaj-art-14f56a0b0e5c408aa16c6ab54e1680a12025-02-03T05:52:41ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321996-01-017638338510.1155/1996/507579Disseminated Soft Tissue Infection and Sepsis with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bone Marrow Transplant PatientJeffrey H Lipton0Kelly S MacDonald1Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Princess Margaret Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartments of Medicine and Microbiology, Princess Margaret Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaA 32-year-old female presented with aplastic anemia and subsequently underwent a one-antigen mismatched bone marrow transplant from her brother. She failed to engraft and a second graft was attempted. Protracted neutropenia of three months’ duration despite the use of broad spectrum antibiotics occurred. Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia metastatic cellulitis developed that did not respond to appropriate antibiotics.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/507579
spellingShingle Jeffrey H Lipton
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Disseminated Soft Tissue Infection and Sepsis with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
title Disseminated Soft Tissue Infection and Sepsis with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
title_full Disseminated Soft Tissue Infection and Sepsis with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
title_fullStr Disseminated Soft Tissue Infection and Sepsis with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated Soft Tissue Infection and Sepsis with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
title_short Disseminated Soft Tissue Infection and Sepsis with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
title_sort disseminated soft tissue infection and sepsis with stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a bone marrow transplant patient
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/507579
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