Secondary hand infection with Eikenella corrodens and Staphylococcus aureus in a patient with Behcet's disease: a case report.

ABSTRACT: We report the first case of a woman with Behcet's disease (BD) with multiple hand ulcers secondary to coninfection by Eikenella corrodens and Staphylococcus aureus resulting in necrotizing fasciitis. She had a long history of BD including long courses of prednisone and immunosuppressants. The patient was hospitalized for multiple superficial ulcers, swelling, and infection of the hands. After admission, pus culture examination revealed rare coinfection by E. corrodens and S. aureus. We administered moxifloxacin and vancomycin to control infection and methylprednisolone to control BD. We performed incision, drainage, and debridement of the ulcer surface on the hands to reduce the pus on the wound surface. E. corrodens infections occur in immunosuppressed p

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785431 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature