Blastomycosis-like Pyoderma with Good Response to Acitretin.
- Author:
Young Seok LEE
1
;
Se Won JUNG
;
Hyun Soo SIM
;
Jong Keun SEO
;
Sook Kyung LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Acitretin; Blastomycosis-like pyoderma
- MeSH: Acitretin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Infections; Diabetes Mellitus; Down Syndrome; Hypothyroidism; Pyoderma; Skin
- From:Annals of Dermatology 2011;23(3):365-368
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Blastomycosis-like pyoderma is a rare, vegetating skin lesion that is an unusual exaggerated tissue reaction possibly to prolonged primary or secondary bacterial infection. We report a case of blastomycosis-like pyoderma in a man with Down syndrome, diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism who responsed poorly to conventional therapies, including antibiotics and correction of predisposing factors for a long time, but experienced dramatic improvement after 3 months of acitretin treatment.
