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      Wound infection by Pantoea agglomerans after penetrating plant injury

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      Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
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          Pantoea agglomerans is a ubiquitous gram-negative bacterium that has been linked to skin and joint infections secondary to plant injuries. Herein we report a 58-year-old woman who presented with 2 erythematous nodules with purulent discharge on the anterior aspect of the right leg that developed after a penetrating plant injury. The patient was initially treated with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, cloxacillin and clindamycin without improvement. P. agglomerans was isolated from both exudate and skin biopsy cultures. Healing of the lesions was achieved after the spontaneous release of a retained plant fragment and treatment with cotrimoxazole. Identification of P. agglomerans in persistent exudative lesions should alert the clinician regarding a possible previous plant injury and retained vegetal fragments. Conventional antibiotic treatment and the extraction of retained foreign bodies usually lead to complete resolution.

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          Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
          IJDVL
          Scientific Scholar
          0378-6323
          2021
          February 24 2021
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          : 1-3
          Article
          10.25259/IJDVL_1069_19
          33666040
          c2b08dde-d5f9-4499-b88b-b51815d45cac
          © 2021
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