Fatal pyoderma gangrenosum with pathergy: After coronary artery bypass grafting

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 894-897

  Bryan, Charles S ^a  

^a Providence Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass complications; Diagnosis; Differential; Fatal outcome; Postoperative complications diagnosis drug therapy pathology; Pyoderma gangrenosum complications diagnosis etiology pathology therapy; Risk factors; Skin ulcer diagnosis; Skin injuries pathology; Surgical wound infection diagnosis; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TUBE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSTIPATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUODENUM ULCER; ERYTHEMA; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKEMOID REACTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYELOFIBROSIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHERGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY VENTILATOR; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SHOULDER DISEASE; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN SCAR; SKIN ULCER; STERNOTOMY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX WALL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN PERFORATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84874043453     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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