Association of hyper IgE with herpetic viral encephalitis and ecthyma gangrenosum in a male Egyptian patient

Ecthyma gangrenosum in a cirrhotic haemodialysis patient

A 52-year-old man with diabetic nephropathy-related endstage renal disease suffered from fever and pain with redness over the dorsum of his bilateral feet for 2 days. He had a history of liver cirrhosis caused by chronic hepatitis B. Physical examination revealed a temperature of up to 39.5°C, erythematous swelling with purple bullae formation and tenderness over bilateral feet (Figure 1A). Lab...

Ecthyma gangrenosum in Saudi Arabia.

We report a diagnosis of ecthyma gangrenosum EG in 4 females of mean age 54.8 range 43-64 years, within 10 months. Severe drug reaction treated with high dose systemic corticosteroids in patient one, acute myelocytic leukemia treated with high dose dexamethasone, and multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics in patient 2 preceded the onset of EG. Patients 3 and 4 had vasculitic purpura and hemodialys...

Ecthyma gangrenosum in a preterm infant.

Dear Editors, Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a rare infection that is characteristically seen in immunocompromised patients and presents as embolic lesions caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1). This type of infection has distinct pathognomonic features along with a high mortality rate, but when recognised early, it can be successfully treated. The classic lesions associated with EG are composed of...

The pathogenesis of ecthyma gangrenosum

Ecthyma Gangrenosum-like Lesions in a Febrile Neutropenic Patient with Simultaneous Pseudomonas Sepsis and Disseminated Fusariosis

UNLABELLED Fusarium spp. is an opportunistic mold that causes disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients. It is important to make a definite diagnosis because of high mortality rates. We present the case of a 27-year-old pregnant woman diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia with a prolonged febrile neutropenic period. She developed ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions and simultaneously h...