Ecthyma gangrenosum with pseudomonas sepsis in a previously healthy child

ABSTRACT

Ecthyma gangrenosum [EG] is a gangrenous skin lesion that is commonly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with neutropenia or underlying immune deficiency. They have been few reports in the literature of EG in previously healthy children who either had previously undetected immune deficiencies or another transient risk factor. We report a case of previously healthy child with pseudomonas sepsis and severe EG lesions, who had no apparent risk factors