Atypical Pyoderma Gangrenosum Mimicking an Infectious Process

We present a patient with atypical pyoderma gangrenosum (APG), which involved the patient's arm and hand. Hemorrhagic bullae and progressive ulcerations were initially thought to be secondary to an infectious process, but a biopsy revealed PG. Awareness of APG by infectious disease services may...

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Autores principales: To, Derek, Wong, Aaron, Montessori, Valentina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/589632
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description We present a patient with atypical pyoderma gangrenosum (APG), which involved the patient's arm and hand. Hemorrhagic bullae and progressive ulcerations were initially thought to be secondary to an infectious process, but a biopsy revealed PG. Awareness of APG by infectious disease services may prevent unnecessary use of broad-spectrum antibiotics.
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spelling pubmed-40829362014-07-14 Atypical Pyoderma Gangrenosum Mimicking an Infectious Process To, Derek Wong, Aaron Montessori, Valentina Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We present a patient with atypical pyoderma gangrenosum (APG), which involved the patient's arm and hand. Hemorrhagic bullae and progressive ulcerations were initially thought to be secondary to an infectious process, but a biopsy revealed PG. Awareness of APG by infectious disease services may prevent unnecessary use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4082936/ /pubmed/25024856 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/589632 Text en Copyright © 2014 Derek To et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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