Ecthyma gangrenosum in a 3-year-old boy post-heart transplantation.

Kana Okazaki Fukui Kensuke ShojiYusa NagaiTakahiro ShindoMakoto HikosakaKosuke KuwaharaAkira IshiguroIsao Miyairi

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2019)

Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a serious bacterial infection in immunocompromised patients. EG in transplant recipients is rarely reported and may go unrecognized, which may delay initiation of appropriate treatment. We report a case of EG in a pediatric heart transplant recipient who was treated successfully with antibiotics and surgical debridement.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
heart failure
peritoneal dialysis
intensive care unit