An Eschar-like souvenir from a journey to Colombia: Ecthyma gangrenosum as a differential diagnosis of tropical diseases in immunocompromised patients – a case report

BACKGROUND: Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a cutaneous infectious disease characterized by eschar-like skin ulcers typically caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here, we report a case of relapsing EG in a patient who had returned from a trip to Colombia, thus establishing EG as an important differential...

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Autores principales: Wiedemann, Gabriela M., Schneider, Jochen, Verbeek, Mareike, Konukiewitz, Björn, Spinner, Christoph D., Einwächter, Henrik, Schmid, Roland M., Rothe, Kathrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8042936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33845789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05998-9

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