Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient

Ecthyma gangrenosum is a rare skin infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is usually seen in immunocompromised and critically ill patients. We report one such case in a previously healthy 20-year old male. Ecthyma gangrenosum can occur in healthy patients without bacteremia.

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Autores principales: Bozkurt, Ilkay, Yuksel, Esra Pancar, Sunbul, Mustafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500865
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.164479
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author Bozkurt, Ilkay
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description Ecthyma gangrenosum is a rare skin infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is usually seen in immunocompromised and critically ill patients. We report one such case in a previously healthy 20-year old male. Ecthyma gangrenosum can occur in healthy patients without bacteremia.
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spelling pubmed-45943942015-10-23 Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient Bozkurt, Ilkay Yuksel, Esra Pancar Sunbul, Mustafa Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Ecthyma gangrenosum is a rare skin infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is usually seen in immunocompromised and critically ill patients. We report one such case in a previously healthy 20-year old male. Ecthyma gangrenosum can occur in healthy patients without bacteremia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4594394/ /pubmed/26500865 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.164479 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Bozkurt, Ilkay
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Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient
title Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient
title_full Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient
title_fullStr Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient
title_full_unstemmed Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient
title_short Ecthyma gangrenosum in a previously healthy patient
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500865
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.164479
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