Lee YS, Jung SW, Sim HS, Seo JK, Lee SK. Blastomycosis-like Pyoderma with Good Response to Acitretin.
Ann Dermatol 2011;
23:365-8. [PMID:
21909210 PMCID:
PMC3162269 DOI:
10.5021/ad.2011.23.3.365]
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Abstract
Blastomycosis-like pyoderma is a rare, vegetating skin lesion that is an unusual exaggerated tissue reaction possibly to prolonged primary or secondary bacterial infection. We report a case of blastomycosis-like pyoderma in a man with Down syndrome, diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism who responsed poorly to conventional therapies, including antibiotics and correction of predisposing factors for a long time, but experienced dramatic improvement after 3 months of acitretin treatment.
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