Nonpseudomonal ecthyma gangrenosum associated with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection: a case report and review of the literature

Aileen Y Chang; Casey A Carlos; Mindy Schuster; Xiaowei Xu; Misha Rosenbach

Nonpseudomonal ecthyma gangrenosum associated with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection: a case report and review of the literature

Cutis. 2012 Aug;90(2):67-9.

Authors

Aileen Y Chang¹, Casey A Carlos, Mindy Schuster, Xiaowei Xu, Misha Rosenbach

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

PMID: 22988648

Abstract

Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a skin infection that is classically associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia in immunocompromised patients. Other bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens also have been implicated in EG. Both bacteremic and nonbacteremic forms of EG have been described. We describe a case of EG associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a 35-year-old woman with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and review the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Ecthyma / drug therapy
Ecthyma / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications
Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin