Ecthyma gangrenosum is a skin lesion associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A previously healthy one-year-old boy who had been diagnosed with varicella 10 days ago was admitted to our hospital with complaints of diarrhea, green ear discharge and new lesions in the diaper area. Intravenous meropenem and amikacin had been previously initiated. Physical examination revealed greenish, well bordere...

BACKGROUND Perianal sepsis with ecthyma gangrenosum is a severe and potentially mutilating complication in immunocompromised children. Therapies include antimicrobial treatment, incision and drainage, generous tissue debridement, and skin transplantation. PROCEDURE We describe 3 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia having sepsis with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in febrile neutropenia and sev...

BACKGROUND Ecthyma gangrenosum is an infective lesion of the skin and mucosal membranes. It is most commonly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the most important risk factors are malignancy and neutropenia. However, it has rarely been reported in children who were previously healthy. Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous has been described as the persistence of the fetal hyaloid vascular...

Sir, Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a skin infection caused by a double-stranded DNA virus of the family Poxviridae manifesting clinically as asymptomatic single or multiple skin-coloured papules with umbilicated centres. It is a universally distributed and very common disease affecting mainly young children, sexually active adults and immunocompromised patients (1). In conditions with altered i...

BACKGROUND Molluscum contagiosum is a common skin infection, caused by a pox virus. The infection will usually resolve within months in people with a normal immune system. Many treatments have been used for molluscum contagiosum but a clear evidence base supporting them is lacking.This is an updated version of the original Cochrane Review published in Issue 2, 2006. OBJECTIVES To assess the e...

In December 2008, near Flaming Gorge Reservoir in northeastern Utah, a 2 1⁄2-yearold male Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) was reported in poor body condition with bloody lesions covering the muzzle area. The sheep was euthanized, and samples were submitted to the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Logan, Utah. The gross and microscopic lesions confi rmed the diag...