Harlequin baby with ecthyma gangrenosum.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia or sepsis often occurs in hospitals, affecting mainly children with underlying disease. Ecthyma gangrenosum is classically considered a pathognomonic sign of sepsis by P. aeruginosa. The harlequin baby, a severe variant of ichthyosis, occurs rarely, and these infants are at high risk of cutaneous infections and sepsis. We herein report a harlequin baby who developed ecthyma gangrenosum.
Gunes
Tamer
T
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. trgunes@erciyes.edu.tr
Akcakus
Mustafa
M
Kurtoğlu
Selim
S
Cetin
Neşide
N
Karakükçü
Musa
M
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D017490:Ichthyosis, Lamellar / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology