Oral Infection Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A Rare Presentation of an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen with an increasing incidence of nosocomial and community-acquired infection cases, mainly in immunocompromised individuals. Oral cavity infections are rare. To learn more about this infection, a case of oral cavit...
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| description | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen with an increasing incidence of nosocomial and community-acquired infection cases, mainly in immunocompromised individuals. Oral cavity infections are rare. To learn more about this infection, a case of oral cavity infection caused by S. maltophilia in an immunosuppressed patient under ventilatory therapy has been presented. The patient presented with multiple nonpainful erosive lesions of the tongue, palate, and oral mucosa. A smear of the oral lesions was performed that revealed the presence of S. maltophilia and Candida albicans, and the patient was treated with fluconazole and sulfamethoxazole associated with trimethoprim in accordance with the antimicrobial susceptibility testing. After 14 days of antibiotic therapy, there were almost no signs of the previous lesions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4bb968c3049f486f9c6d332a7ddef4e22025-08-20T03:20:13ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332020-01-01202010.1155/2020/63461206346120Oral Infection Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A Rare Presentation of an Emerging Opportunistic PathogenMarcelo Prates0Fernando Fernandes1Francisco Proença2Yashad Mussá3Ana Tavares4André Pereira5Stomatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central ‐ Hospital de São José, Lisbon, PortugalStomatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central ‐ Hospital de São José, Lisbon, PortugalStomatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central ‐ Hospital de São José, Lisbon, PortugalStomatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central ‐ Hospital de São José, Lisbon, PortugalStomatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central ‐ Hospital de São José, Lisbon, PortugalStomatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central ‐ Hospital de São José, Lisbon, PortugalStenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen with an increasing incidence of nosocomial and community-acquired infection cases, mainly in immunocompromised individuals. Oral cavity infections are rare. To learn more about this infection, a case of oral cavity infection caused by S. maltophilia in an immunosuppressed patient under ventilatory therapy has been presented. The patient presented with multiple nonpainful erosive lesions of the tongue, palate, and oral mucosa. A smear of the oral lesions was performed that revealed the presence of S. maltophilia and Candida albicans, and the patient was treated with fluconazole and sulfamethoxazole associated with trimethoprim in accordance with the antimicrobial susceptibility testing. After 14 days of antibiotic therapy, there were almost no signs of the previous lesions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6346120 |
| spellingShingle | Marcelo Prates Fernando Fernandes Francisco Proença Yashad Mussá Ana Tavares André Pereira Oral Infection Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A Rare Presentation of an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Oral Infection Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A Rare Presentation of an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen |
| title_full | Oral Infection Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A Rare Presentation of an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen |
| title_fullStr | Oral Infection Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A Rare Presentation of an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral Infection Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A Rare Presentation of an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen |
| title_short | Oral Infection Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A Rare Presentation of an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen |
| title_sort | oral infection caused by stenotrophomonas maltophilia a rare presentation of an emerging opportunistic pathogen |
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