facial ulcerations due to acinetobacter baumannii: vessel thrombosis with bacterial mycelia
;Dong Ming Li;Ting Ting Sun
optics letters2014Vol. 1pp. 89-91
198
li2014idcasesfacial
Abstract
A 14-year-old girl presented with a 2-week history of progressive facial ulcerations that did not respond to cephalexin and topical dexamethasone. Biopsy on the ulcer showed rod-shaped bacteria and actinomycetes-like mycelia in the vessel walls and within thrombi. Tissue culture yielded Acinetobacter baumannii, which was resistant to cephalexin. A favourite outcome was achieved with minocycline treatment. This is the first case report of A. baumannii-related vasculitis.