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Ecthyma gangraenosum

Ecthyma gangraenosum Definition Septic, highly febrile clinical picture with painful, initially furunculoid, then torpidly decaying, abscessing, highly red infiltrates, usually due to intercurrent Pseudomonas sepsis. Patients with acquired or congenital (see primary immunodeficiencies) immunodefi...

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