Pseudomonas aeruginosa Causes Cellulitis: A Case Report
Kandukuri Durga Mounika *
Vision college of pharmaceutical sciences and Research, Boduppal, Hyderabad, 500092, India.
Marisetti Vyshnavi
Vision college of pharmaceutical sciences and Research, Boduppal, Hyderabad, 500092, India.
Munija Pancheddula
Vision college of pharmaceutical sciences and Research, Boduppal, Hyderabad, 500092, India.
Duddagi Suchitra
Vision college of pharmaceutical sciences and Research, Boduppal, Hyderabad, 500092, India.
A.Swetha
Vision college of pharmaceutical sciences and Research, Boduppal, Hyderabad, 500092, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Cellulitis is a bacterial infection affects the inner layers of the skin. It mostly attacks the dermis and also subcutaneous fat. The mostly caused signs and symptoms are redness its increases the size day by day and also seen swell and pain in the legs .cellulitis mostly affect the legs and face of the patient and also affect any part of the body. The cellulitis is commonly caused by bacterial infections that is mainly by staphylococci, or streptococci or streptococcus bacteria. The main cause of cellulitis in this case is Pseudomonas aeruginosa or gram-ve bacteria. The occurrence of cellulitis increases with age and most commonly seen in male. This bacteria passes in to the body through cut out of the skin and enter into the body and undergoes pathogenesis and alterations of inflammatory responses takes place. This is the case of 74 years old male patient with chief complaints of swelling of left leg since 1month and also wound on left leg with occurrence of blisters over the leg and then admitted in the hospital.
Keywords: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, cellulitis, deep vein thrombosis, other bacteria Streptococcus, Staphylococcus