[Locoregional polymorphous Pseudomonas aeruginosa skin infection].
A 72-year-old diabetic woman was referred with a painful chronic leg ulcer associated with venous and arterial insufficiency. She then developed a polymorphous skin infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with ecthyma gangrenosum, subcutaneous abscess and panniculitis of the homolateral inferior limb, without general sepsis. Although P. aeruginosa infection may induce polymorphous skin lesions, they are most often observed in immunocompromised patients following septicaemia.
Penz
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Service de dermatologie, centre hospitalier universitaire de Besançon, université de Franche-Comté, 2, place Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besancon cedex, France.
Puzenat
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Saccomani
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C
Mermet
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I
Blanc
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Humbert
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Aubin
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F
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000150:complications*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000209:etiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*