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Rev Med Chil
July 2024
Resident Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
This report describes the case of a 64-year-old female patient, with multiple comorbidities which presented an ecthyma gangrenosum due to Klebsiella pneumoniae confirmed by blood and tissue cultures. It finally ended in the amputation of the limb. The case is presented given the low prevalence of positive cultures for this microorganism in this pathology associated to devastating consequences for the patient.
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Department of Medical Microbiology, Harran University Medical Faculty, Şanlıurfa 63000, Turkey.
Pediatr Dermatol
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Department of Dermatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Int Med Case Rep J
September 2022
Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Felty syndrome (FS) is a disorder that develops after a long history of erosive rheumatoid arthritis and presents with splenomegaly and neutropenia. In addition to joint deformities, FS causes a variety of extra-articular manifestations such as vasculitis, skin lesions, and lymphadenopathy. FS is also reported to cause non-cirrhotic portal hypertension which may result in variceal bleeding.
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