A Mosquito Bite with Devastating Complications in an Immunocompromised Patient

Case Reports in Oncology
Jochen J FrietschInken Hilgendorf

Abstract

Infectious complications such as invasive aspergillosis or infection with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (SM) in immunocompromised patients are associated with a high mortality rate. Our report concerns a 40-year-old male newly diagnosed very severe aplastic anemia (vSAA) who in consequence of a mosquito bite was suffering from skin lesion and consecutive soft tissue phlegmon subsequent to the administration of antithymocyte globulin; a full-thickness autologous meshed skin graft successfully performed to cover skin ulcera after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). This unusual case illustrates the importance of appropriate diagnosis, anti-infective therapy and close interdisciplinary diagnostic algorithms to minimalize side effects and the selection of resistant strains and to improve patients' outcome.

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May 28, 2021·Clinical Microbiology Reviews·Joanna S Brooke

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BETA
biopsy
bronchoalveolar
lavage
amputation

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