SUBCUTANEOUS NODULES CAUSED BY PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA - HEALING WITHOUT INCISION AND DRAINAGE

KORTEN V., GURBUZ O., FIRATLI T., BAYIK M., AKOGLU T.

JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY, vol.4, no.4, pp.225-227, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 4 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1992
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/1120009x.1992.11739169
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.225-227
  • Keywords: PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA, SKIN MANIFESTATIONS, ABSCESSES, CIPROFLOXACIN, CEFTAZIDIME
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

In a patient with multiple myeloma, numerous indurated, subcutaneous nodules and pyomyositis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were noted. These lesions resolved with ciprofloxacin plus ceftazidime therapy without surgical incision and drainage. Despite another course of cancer chemotherapy after total disappearance, there were no recurrences at the end of 3 months. Quinolones initially combined with other antipseudomonal beta-lactam agents may be the drugs of choice in the management of patients with subcutaneous nodules caused by P. aeruginosa.