An Eschar-like souvenir from a journey to Colombia: Ecthyma gangrenosum as a differential diagnosis of tropical diseases in immunocompromised patients - a case report.
Background: Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a cutaneous infectious disease characterized by eschar-like skin ulcers typically caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here, we report a case of relapsing EG in a patient who had returned from a trip to Colombia, thus establishing EG as an important differential...
| Published in: | BMC Infectious Diseases Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | case study Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
4/12/2021
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |