UNUSUAL PRESENTATIONS OF BACTERIAL SKIN AND SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS AND THEIR TREATMENT

The spectrum of cutaneous infections continues to grow with newly desc ribed, unusual clinical presentations or the involvement of unusual ba cteria, Bacillary angiomatosis, non-tuberculous mycobacteria, toxinoge nic A streptococci and Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia repr esent some of the most uncommon cases of skin bacterial infections tha t were reported last year. This review briefly describes the main sign s and symptoms and also proposes the most efficient treatments to be u sed in the management of such difficult cases.