An Extraordinary Cause of the Sucking Difficulty: Ecthyma Gangrenosum.
Nesrin CeylanNihat DemirSelami KocamanErdal PekerOğuz TuncerPublished in: Case reports in medicine (2016)
Ecthyma gangrenosum is a cutaneous lesion often associated with pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia, even though it may develop without bacteremia and may originate from other bacterial and fungal organisms. Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia or sepsis, which mainly affects immunocompromised patients, frequently occurs in hospitals. This lesion typically occurs on the extremities and gluteal and perineal regions. In this report we present a case of ecthyma gangrenosum in a premature newborn occurring secondary to pseudomonas sepsis causing sucking dysfunction due to tissue loss in the lip, soft palate, and tongue.
Keyphrases
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- gram negative
- end stage renal disease
- biofilm formation
- cystic fibrosis
- acute kidney injury
- intensive care unit
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- septic shock
- healthcare
- peritoneal dialysis
- acinetobacter baumannii
- multidrug resistant
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- escherichia coli
- staphylococcus aureus