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. 2023 Jan 13:31:e01694.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01694. eCollection 2023.

Ecthyma gangrenosum

Chae A Sutherland  1 , Tyler L Quest  1 , Karolyn A Wanat  2
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Ecthyma gangrenosum

Chae A Sutherland et al. IDCases. .
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Fig. 1
A - B: Patient’s leg showing thin dark brown plaque with darkly violaceous to erythematous border surrounding dusky appearing bullae with surrounding violaceous indurated papules.
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Fig. 2
Gram stain of a smear of punch biopsy of skin showing Gram negative rods.
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Fig. 3
Histopathologic examination of a medium sized vessel shows numerous Gram negative bacteria (Gram Stain, original magnification 40x).
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