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Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report
Impetigo herpetiformis (pustular psoriasis of pregnancy) is a rare dermatosis of pregnancy that typically starts in the 2(nd) half of pregnancy and resolves postpartum. It may recur in subsequent pregnancies. I present a case of 23 year old female gravida 4 para 3 with recurrent impetigo herpetiform...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28979621 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.219.12826 |
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author | Wamalwa, Emmanuel Wekesa |
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description | Impetigo herpetiformis (pustular psoriasis of pregnancy) is a rare dermatosis of pregnancy that typically starts in the 2(nd) half of pregnancy and resolves postpartum. It may recur in subsequent pregnancies. I present a case of 23 year old female gravida 4 para 3 with recurrent impetigo herpetiformis at 26 weeks gestation. She presented with a one month history of pustular lesions which responded to treatment with prednisone. She delivered at term with a favourable outcome. The disease resolved one month postpartum. This was the second recurrence of the disease. She had her first episode of impetigo herpetiformis during the second pregnancy. The disease recurred in the 3(rd) pregnancy and resulted in a still birth. |
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spelling | pubmed-56228092017-10-04 Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report Wamalwa, Emmanuel Wekesa Pan Afr Med J Case Report Impetigo herpetiformis (pustular psoriasis of pregnancy) is a rare dermatosis of pregnancy that typically starts in the 2(nd) half of pregnancy and resolves postpartum. It may recur in subsequent pregnancies. I present a case of 23 year old female gravida 4 para 3 with recurrent impetigo herpetiformis at 26 weeks gestation. She presented with a one month history of pustular lesions which responded to treatment with prednisone. She delivered at term with a favourable outcome. The disease resolved one month postpartum. This was the second recurrence of the disease. She had her first episode of impetigo herpetiformis during the second pregnancy. The disease recurred in the 3(rd) pregnancy and resulted in a still birth. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5622809/ /pubmed/28979621 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.219.12826 Text en © Emmanuel Wekesa Wamalwa et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Wamalwa, Emmanuel Wekesa Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report |
title | Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report |
title_full | Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report |
title_fullStr | Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report |
title_short | Recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report |
title_sort | recurrent impetigo herpetiformis: case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28979621 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.219.12826 |
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