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- Title
Case report Necrotising dermatitis in refractory acute myeloid leukaemia.
- Authors
D'Apollo, N.; Saviola, A.; Longo, G.; Luppi, M.; Emilia, G.; Torelli, G.
- Abstract
D'Apollo N, Saviola A, Longo G, Luppi M, Emilia G, Torelli G. Necrotising dermatitis in refractory acute myeloid leukaemia. Eur J Haematol 2003: 71: 464–465. © Blackwell Munksgaard 2003. Severe cutaneous infections in leukaemic patients are difficult to treat and can rapidly become fatal. We report on a case of essential thrombocythemia evolved to a myelodysplastic syndrome and finally, to an overt myeloid leukaemia, refractory to chemotherapy. In the presence of a marked neutropenia, the patients developed a wide Staphylococcus epidermidis necrotising dermatitis. The diagnosis was made possible only by a skin biopsy culture and the antibiotic treatment, based on antimicrobial susceptibility tests, rapidly resolved the infection. In neutropenic patients, appropriate laboratory tests and treatment, can lead to recovery of life-threatening infections.
- Subjects
SKIN inflammation; MYELOID leukemia
- Publication
European Journal of Haematology, 2003, Vol 71, Issue 6, p464
- ISSN
0902-4441
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1046/j.0902-4441.2003.00129.x