UNLABELLED: Two previously healthy infants with Pseudomonas septicaemia presented with necrotizing bowel lesions. Necrotizing bowel lesions should be suspected when infants presenting with a history of diarrhoea, develop abdominal distension and toxic signs. Pseudomonas aeruginosa should be regarded as one of the important aetiologies in such disorders, especially if there is associated neutropenia and ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions. Antibiotics must be able to cover this pathogen to avert a catastrophic outcome. CONCLUSION: The intestine should be considered a possible site of involvement in Pseudomonas sepsis and special attention should be paid to examination of the abdomen.
UNLABELLED: Two previously healthy infants with Pseudomonassepticaemia presented with necrotizing bowel lesions. Necrotizing bowel lesions should be suspected when infants presenting with a history of diarrhoea, develop abdominal distension and toxic signs. Pseudomonas aeruginosa should be regarded as one of the important aetiologies in such disorders, especially if there is associated neutropenia and ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions. Antibiotics must be able to cover this pathogen to avert a catastrophic outcome. CONCLUSION: The intestine should be considered a possible site of involvement in Pseudomonassepsis and special attention should be paid to examination of the abdomen.
Authors: Licheng Wu; Christopher Holbrook; Olga Zaborina; Emelia Ploplys; Flavio Rocha; Daniel Pelham; Eugene Chang; Mark Musch; John Alverdy Journal: Ann Surg Date: 2003-11 Impact factor: 12.969
Authors: Chih-Hsien Chuang; Yi-Hsin Wang; Hsin-Ju Chang; Hsiu-Ling Chen; Yhu-Chering Huang; Tzou-Yien Lin; Egon A Ozer; Jonathan P Allen; Alan R Hauser; Cheng-Hsun Chiu Journal: Gut Date: 2013-08-13 Impact factor: 23.059