A Case of the Infection of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Oral Cavity in Chemotherapy of Acute Leukemia

Abstract

Frequency that complication of the stomatitis and the oral mucosal ulcer associated with the chemotherapy of leukemia is high. We report a severe case of multiple oral mucosal ulcers with the infection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa induced by chemotherapy of acute Leukemia. The patient was a 35-year-old woman, and multiple ulcers by which surface show light green were admitted on 12 days after beginning of the chemotherapy. A mechanical removal of the ulcer surface bacillus adhesion thing was effective though administering antibiotics and oral cleaning was ineffectual.