[Diagnostic image (19). Ecthyma gangraenosum].
During chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia a 30-year-old man developed skin lesions. Cultures from these lesions and of blood showed growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The diagnosis was: ecthyma gangraenosum. Treatment with antibiotics and normalization of the granulocytes resulted in a complete recovery of the patient.
van der Meer
J W
JW
Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Inwendige Geneeskunde, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.
Fibbe
W E
WE
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004473:Ecthyma / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005734:Gangrene / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*
Diagnose in beeld (19).