A Healthy Infant With an Ulcerated Genital Lesion: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations.

We present the case of a 1-year-old healthy boy who was taking oral antibiotics for an otitis media and then developed an erythematous penile lesion that rapidly became ulcerated. He was admitted to the hospital for further diagnostic studies and intravenous therapy, and his wound culture grew Pseud...

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Publicado en:Pediatric Emergency Care Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 46 - 49
Autores principales: Chu, Andrew S., Knerr, Sheila M.
Formato: case study pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Jan2016
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          Chu, Andrew S.
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          Pseudomonas Infections Drug Therapy
          Skin Ulcer Microbiology
          Pseudomonas Infections Microbiology
          Genitalia, Male Pathology
          Skin Ulcer Drug Therapy
          Gangrene Pathology
          Pyoderma Pathology
          Genitalia, Male Microbiology
          Skin Ulcer Pathology
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      ab: We present the case of a 1-year-old healthy boy who was taking oral antibiotics for an otitis media and then developed an erythematous penile lesion that rapidly became ulcerated. He was admitted to the hospital for further diagnostic studies and intravenous therapy, and his wound culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa, consistent with the diagnosis of ecthyma gangrenosum. Serial blood counts also demonstrated a progressive neutropenia, and an immunodeficiency evaluation resulted in the diagnosis of autoimmune neutropenia of childhood. This case illustrates the importance of culturing wounds and the need for clinicians to recognize the characteristic features of ecthyma gangrenosum, to initiate appropriate antipseudomonal antibiotic therapy empirically, and to evaluate for a possible immunodeficiency, even in the apparently healthy child.
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