SUBCUTANEOUS LESIONS AND BACTEREMIA DUE TO STENOTROPHOMONAS-MALTOPHILIA IN 3 LEUKEMIC PATIENTS WITH NEUTROPENIA

Subcutaneous lesions were seen in three of 13 neutropenia patients who had Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomanas) maltophilia bacteraemia. The chara cteristic clinical presentation resembled leukaemic infiltrates, and w ere different from deep ulcers or subcutaneous nodules caused by Pseud omonas aeruginosa. The three patients had acute leukaemia and were tre ated with intensive combination chemotherapy. All had previously been treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics, and each patient recovered af ter proper combination antibiotic treatment given according to sensiti vity testing.