ALLMedicine™ Ecthyma Center

Jan 7th, 2022 - In this brief report, we describe a 16-year-old patient with pre-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia on chemotherapy who presented to the emergency department with a fever and "bruise-like" area on his left forearm. Empiric antibiotic therapy was ...

Dec 6th, 2021 - Orf Virus Infection - Ecthyma Contagiosum.|2021|Tobler C,Ritter-Schenk C,Zimmermann P,|

Oct 30th, 2021 - The primary cause of contagious ecthyma is the orf virus, the parapoxvirus prototype. It is a viral problem observed in goat and sheep flocks in Iran, causing economic loss. Orf is a zoonosis with little epidemiological investigation present in Ir...

Aug 18th, 2021 - Ecthyma Gangrenosum in an Infant with Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 Deficiency.|2021|Kanno K,Cho Y,Fujii S,Ami Y,Nishizeki O,|diagnosis,immunology,pathology,complications,diagnosis,diagnosis,immunology,pathology,isolation & purificati...

May 6th, 2021 - Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is an uncommon cutaneous infection usually associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in immunocompromised patients, particularly those with underlying malignant diseases. Despite its rarity, especially in immunocom...

Mar 26th, 2019 - The Diagnosis: Disseminated Fusariosis Histologic evaluation of the punch biopsy demonstrated thrombosed vessels in the deep dermis and along fibrous septae of subcutaneous tissue, as well as delicate, thin-walled, branching hyphae with vesicular.

Sep 8th, 2017 - The Diagnosis: Ecthyma Contagiosum (Orf) Orf, or ecthyma contagiosum, is a zoonotic cutaneous infection caused by the orf DNA virus of the genus Parapoxvirus of the family Poxviridae. It is transmitted to humans through direct contact with infecte.

Apr 1st, 2012 - A 75-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with new-onset atrial fibrillation. He underwent rate control, and a heparin infusion was started.

Ecthyma gangrenosum, a necrotic skin lesion most often caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, has been infrequently reported among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report two cases of ecthyma gangrenosum due to P.

Orf, also known as contagious ecthyma, scabby mouth, soremouth, contagious pustular dermatitis, and ovine pustular dermatitis, is caused by a member of the genus Parapoxvirus in the family Poxviridae. 1,2 The virus typically infects sheep or goats.