Acute upper airway obstruction caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia soft tissue infection

Giuseppe Bello From the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]

Mariano Alberto Pennisi From the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Tiziana Fragasso From the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Vittorio Mignani From the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Massimo Antonelli From the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Abstract

A previously healthy 71-y-old male developed acute upper airway obstruction caused by a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection of the mucocutaneous and soft tissue of the neck. Ventilator support was provided via a small-calibre endotracheal tube. Stenotrophomonas was susceptible only to levofloxacin and cotrimoxazole. Antibiotic therapy rapidly improved the soft tissue oedema, allowing extubation and discharge from the intensive care unit.

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