A Challenging Cutaneous Lesion in a Patient With Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia

Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is an uncommon necrotizing vasculitis that affects mainly immunocompromised and burn patients, and it is frequently associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia. However, cases of EG with other related pathogens and cases of EG affecting immunocompetent hosts have also ...

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Autores principales: Gkoufa, Aikaterini, Sklapani, Pagona, Trakas, Nikolaos, Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186525
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21225
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author Gkoufa, Aikaterini
Sklapani, Pagona
Trakas, Nikolaos
Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki E
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Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki E
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description Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is an uncommon necrotizing vasculitis that affects mainly immunocompromised and burn patients, and it is frequently associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia. However, cases of EG with other related pathogens and cases of EG affecting immunocompetent hosts have also been described in the literature. Besides, less common cases of EG without bacteremia have been reported. Herein, we describe a rare case of EG due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa without bacteremia in a patient with chronic idiopathic neutropenia (CIN). Considering the high mortality rate associated with EG, early diagnosis and appropriate effective treatment are crucial.
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spelling pubmed-88442892022-02-17 A Challenging Cutaneous Lesion in a Patient With Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia Gkoufa, Aikaterini Sklapani, Pagona Trakas, Nikolaos Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki E Cureus Dermatology Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is an uncommon necrotizing vasculitis that affects mainly immunocompromised and burn patients, and it is frequently associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia. However, cases of EG with other related pathogens and cases of EG affecting immunocompetent hosts have also been described in the literature. Besides, less common cases of EG without bacteremia have been reported. Herein, we describe a rare case of EG due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa without bacteremia in a patient with chronic idiopathic neutropenia (CIN). Considering the high mortality rate associated with EG, early diagnosis and appropriate effective treatment are crucial. Cureus 2022-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8844289/ /pubmed/35186525 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21225 Text en Copyright © 2022, Gkoufa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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Gkoufa, Aikaterini
Sklapani, Pagona
Trakas, Nikolaos
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A Challenging Cutaneous Lesion in a Patient With Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
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title_short A Challenging Cutaneous Lesion in a Patient With Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
title_sort challenging cutaneous lesion in a patient with chronic idiopathic neutropenia
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186525
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21225
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