title: Ecthyma: a potential mimicker of zoonotic infections in a returning traveler.
abstract: The cutaneous ulcer in a patient with a history of international travel poses a vexing diagnostic dilemma for the clinician. While Streptococcus and Staphylococcus are common causes of cutaneous ecthyma, the necrotizing ulcer can have a vast differential diagnosis including ulcerating zoonoses.
authors.affiliation: The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, 240 East 38(th) Street, 11(th) Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Orbuch
authors.affiliation: The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, 240 East 38(th) Street, 11(th) Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Randie H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, 240 East 38(th) Street, 11(th) Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: David.Cohen@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004473:Ecthyma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014195:Travel; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: Anthrax; Ecthyma; Orf; Travel medicine; Tularemia