Infliximab is an appropriate second-line therapy in infants with steroid refractory pyoderma gangrenosum.

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Published: May 2022

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