A Case of Pseudomonas Gangrene.
- Author:
Chang Hwa LEE
;
Sang Yong KIM
;
Seok Don PARK
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pseudomanas gangrene;
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- MeSH:
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation;
Female;
Gangrene*;
Humans;
Inpatients;
Lower Extremity;
Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
Pseudomonas*;
Shock, Septic;
Skin;
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1988;26(1):90-93
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Forytfour-year-old female inpatient, who was gravely ill, developed vesicobullae on the greenish patches surrounded by narrow red to brown halo in the left lower extremity. Two years ago, she had treated by surgical operation and radiation therapy for cervix cancer. Blood and bullous fluid cultures showed Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She developed gangrenous and mummificated skin lesions after septic shock therapy but died due to disseminated intravascular coagulation.
