One Thing after Another: Ecthyma Gangrenosum

Am J Med. 2018 May;131(5):510-511. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.12.038. Epub 2018 Jan 31.

Authors

Teresa Khoo¹, Florence Ford², Zeena Lobo³, George Psevdos⁴

Affiliations

¹ Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University Hospital, NY.
² Department of Nursing, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, NY.
³ Department of infectious diseases, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, NY.
⁴ Chief of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, NY; Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29371156
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.12.038

No abstract available

Keywords: Ecthyma gangrenosum; Immunosuppression; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects
Ecthyma / diagnosis*
Ecthyma / microbiology*
Gangrene / immunology
Gangrene / microbiology*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Knee
Male
Prednisone / administration & dosage
Prednisone / adverse effects
Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis*
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
Retinal Vasculitis / drug therapy
Skin / pathology*

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Prednisone