Ecthyma gangrenosum: considerations in a previously healthy child
作者:
AREZOO ZOMORRODI,
ELLEN WALD,
期刊:
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 21,
issue 12
页码: 1161-1164
ISSN:0891-3668
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: Ecthyma gangrenosum;neutropenia;Pseudomonasinfections
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Ecthymagangrenosum is a skin lesion that is most commonly caused byPseudomonas aeruginosa. Although ecthyma gangrenosum usually develops in patients with underlying immunodeficiencies or chronic diseases, there have been reports of its appearance in previously healthy children. A review of such patients in the English literature showed that most of them had either previously undetected immunodeficiencies or transient risk factors that predisposed them to the development of ecthyma gangrenosum. We report a patient without apparent antecedent predisposing risk factors for ecthyma gangrenosum who developed chronic neutropenia 1 week after presentation. It is important for the primary care provider to recognize ecthyma gangrenosum, treat it with appropriate antimicrobial agents and investigate the patient for occult immunodeficiencies.
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