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Ecthyma gangrenosum without bacteremia in a 54‐year‐old woman with heart transplant
Author(s) -
Hamed Almutasem,
Niehaus Angela G.,
Bosshardt Hughes Olivia,
Jakharia Niyati
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.13319
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , leukopenia , neutropenia , heart transplantation , dermatology , lesion , surgery , transplantation , antibiotics , chemotherapy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Ecthyma gangrenosum is a cutaneous manifestation of severe systemic pseudomonas infection and is commonly associated with bacteremia. It is common in immunocompromised patients with underlying neutropenia or leukopenia. We report a patient with heart transplant who developed a single lesion of ecthyma gangrenosum in the absence of bacteremia with a review of reported cases in solid organ transplant patients.