Ecthyma gangrenosum secondary to MRSA in a young patient with chronic kidney disease

Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a well-recognized dermatological condition classically associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, however, the association with other bacteria, especially gram positive, is rare. There are only a few reported cases of EG caused by staphylococcal infection. Here, we...

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Autores principales: Barry, Mazin, Alhijji, Ali, Alsubaie, Abdulaziz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01026
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description Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a well-recognized dermatological condition classically associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, however, the association with other bacteria, especially gram positive, is rare. There are only a few reported cases of EG caused by staphylococcal infection. Here, we report a case in a young patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) presenting with EG secondary to Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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spelling pubmed-77705242020-12-30 Ecthyma gangrenosum secondary to MRSA in a young patient with chronic kidney disease Barry, Mazin Alhijji, Ali Alsubaie, Abdulaziz IDCases Case Report Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a well-recognized dermatological condition classically associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, however, the association with other bacteria, especially gram positive, is rare. There are only a few reported cases of EG caused by staphylococcal infection. Here, we report a case in a young patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) presenting with EG secondary to Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Elsevier 2020-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7770524/ /pubmed/33384925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01026 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Ecthyma gangrenosum secondary to MRSA in a young patient with chronic kidney disease
title_full Ecthyma gangrenosum secondary to MRSA in a young patient with chronic kidney disease
title_fullStr Ecthyma gangrenosum secondary to MRSA in a young patient with chronic kidney disease
title_full_unstemmed Ecthyma gangrenosum secondary to MRSA in a young patient with chronic kidney disease
title_short Ecthyma gangrenosum secondary to MRSA in a young patient with chronic kidney disease
title_sort ecthyma gangrenosum secondary to mrsa in a young patient with chronic kidney disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01026
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