Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India

Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India

Chronic venous leg ulcer represents a major issue for both patients and health-care provider being associated with impaired quality of life. We here report a case of non-healing venous ulcer over gaiter area of right leg. The ulcer presented with unique features of polymicrobial infection of multi-d...

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Main Authors: Kalidas Rit, Falguni Nag, Abhik Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar Maiti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of the Scientific Society
Subjects:
Acinetobacter
metallo-β lactamase
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
multi-drug resistance
venous leg ulcer
Online Access:http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2013;volume=40;issue=2;spage=116;epage=118;aulast=Rit
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spelling doaj-ee0cd7946fef4338a6e90ebe48c71f3d2020-11-24T22:12:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of the Scientific Society0974-50092013-01-0140211611810.4103/0974-5009.115489Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern IndiaKalidas RitFalguni NagAbhik SarkarPrasanta Kumar MaitiChronic venous leg ulcer represents a major issue for both patients and health-care provider being associated with impaired quality of life. We here report a case of non-healing venous ulcer over gaiter area of right leg. The ulcer presented with unique features of polymicrobial infection of multi-drug resistant species including, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, metallo-β lactamase producing Acinetobacter baumanii and Acinetobacter lowffii.http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2013;volume=40;issue=2;spage=116;epage=118;aulast=RitAcinetobactermetallo-β lactamasemethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusmulti-drug resistancevenous leg ulcer
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author Kalidas Rit
Falguni Nag
Abhik Sarkar
Prasanta Kumar Maiti
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Falguni Nag
Abhik Sarkar
Prasanta Kumar Maiti
Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India
Journal of the Scientific Society
Acinetobacter
metallo-β lactamase
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
multi-drug resistance
venous leg ulcer
author_facet Kalidas Rit
Falguni Nag
Abhik Sarkar
Prasanta Kumar Maiti
author_sort Kalidas Rit
title Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India
title_short Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India
title_full Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India
title_fullStr Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India
title_full_unstemmed Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India
title_sort chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of eastern india
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of the Scientific Society
issn 0974-5009
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Chronic venous leg ulcer represents a major issue for both patients and health-care provider being associated with impaired quality of life. We here report a case of non-healing venous ulcer over gaiter area of right leg. The ulcer presented with unique features of polymicrobial infection of multi-drug resistant species including, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, metallo-β lactamase producing Acinetobacter baumanii and Acinetobacter lowffii.
topic Acinetobacter
metallo-β lactamase
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
multi-drug resistance
venous leg ulcer
url http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2013;volume=40;issue=2;spage=116;epage=118;aulast=Rit
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