Multiple erythematous nodules and ecthyma gangrenosum as a manifestation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis in a previously healthy infant

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-246

  Duman, Murat ^a   Özdemir, Durgül ^a   Yiş, Uluç ^a   Köroǧlu, Tolga F ^a   Ören, Oǧuz ^a   Berktaş, Sema ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECTHYMA; ECTHYMA GANGRENOSUM; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LOCAL THERAPY; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESUSCITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NODULE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ECTHYMA; ERYTHEMA; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEPSIS;

EID: 33745080900     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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