Acrodermatitis enteropathica with Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis

Ozkan S., Ozkan H., Fetil E., Corapcioglu F., Yilmaz S., Ozer E.

PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY, cilt.16, sa.6, ss.444-447, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 1999
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.1999.00114.x
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.444-447
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Acrodermatitis enteropathica is characterized by eczematous and scaly plaques on the face, scalp, acral, and anogenital regions, In addition to typical lesions, unusual prominent vesiculobullous lesions are also described. We report a full-term, g-month-old boy who has acrodermatitis enteropathica and Pseudomonas sepsis, In this patient there were clinical findings of sepsis and eczematous vesiculobullous lesions on the periorificial and acral areas. Serum zinc level was extremely low, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was identified in cultures of blood and fluid which was aspirated from the bullous lesions, After oral zinc sulfate and intravenous antibiotic treatment his condition improved within 2 weeks.