Ecthyma gangrenosum associated with aplastic anemia.

Ecthyma gangrenosum is a characteristic skin lesion of systemic infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It has a high incidence in patients with chronic disease and impaired defense mechanisms. Early diagnosis and appropriate systemic antibiotic therapy is crucial since its mortality rate is very h...

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Autores principales: Chun, W. H., Kim, Y. K., Kim, L. S., Ko, Y. W., Bang, D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 1996
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3053923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8703372
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Sumario:Ecthyma gangrenosum is a characteristic skin lesion of systemic infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It has a high incidence in patients with chronic disease and impaired defense mechanisms. Early diagnosis and appropriate systemic antibiotic therapy is crucial since its mortality rate is very high. We report a case of ecthyma gangrenosum in aplastic anemia.

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