Gemcitabine-Related "Pseudocellulitis": Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature | Zendy

Darrell H. S. Tan | Zendy; Paul E. Bunce | Zendy; W. Conrad Liles | Zendy; Wayne L. Gold | Zendy

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Gemcitabine-Related "Pseudocellulitis": Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Darrell H. S. Tan,

Paul E. Bunce,

W. Conrad Liles,

Wayne L. Gold

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/520684

Subject(s) - gemcitabine , medicine , cellulitis , antibiotics , dermatology , oncology , chemotherapy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Gemcitabine is a chemotherapeutic agent whose cutaneous toxicities are easily mistaken for infections. We describe 2 patients, 1 with gemcitabine-induced radiation recall dermatitis and 1 with gemcitabine-related erysipeloid reaction, who received misdiagnoses of infectious cellulitis and were given empirical antibiotics. Recognition of these syndromes is important to avoid unnecessary antibiotic use.

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