ABSTRACT
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is part of the normal human skin flora and has the ability to establish primary infection in deep skin and vascular infections. A 41-year-old male presented with brittle, thick, crusted right thumb nail with yellow to brown discoloration and erythematous edema around the nail fold. We identified S. lugdunensis by bacterial culture for the pus. The lesion was improved after 2 months treatment of oral cefditoren and clarithromycin. We report a case of onychia and paronychia caused by S. lugdunensis.
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Adult , Humans , Male , Cephalosporins , Clarithromycin , Edema , Nails , Paronychia , Skin , Staphylococcus , Staphylococcus lugdunensis , Suppuration , ThumbABSTRACT
Sternotrophomonas maltophilia is an ubiquitous organism which has been isolated from water, soil, animals, plant material, foods and hospital equipment. The most common sites of contamination were sink drains, faucets and other items frequently in contact with water. S. maltophilia is associated with bacteremia, pulmonary infection, wound infection, mucocutaneous and soft tissue infection and endocarditis. Infection is primarily seen during severe neutropenia and in other immunocompromised condition. We report a case of onychia and paronychia caused by S. maltophilia in a patient whose occupation is the cleaner.