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ArticleCureus2024

Empiric Treatment of Classical Pyoderma Gangrenosum in the Outpatient Setting: A Case Report.

Camille Basurto, Anthony Aponte-Diaz, Katharine Burmaster

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Camille BasurtoInternal Medicine, LewisGale Medical Center, Salem, USA.
Anthony Aponte-DiazInternal Medicine, LewisGale Medical Center, Salem, USA.
Katharine BurmasterInternal Medicine, LewisGale Medical Center, Salem, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare neutrophilic disorder that typically presents as painful, ulcerative lesions. It is a diagnosis of exclusion and is oftentimes associated with systemic conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other inflammatory conditions. PG remains difficult to diagnose, and a delay in recognizing the disease can contribute to appreciable morbidity in the population. Here, we present the case of a 42-year-old male with the classical subtype of PG in the outpatient clinic who failed three courses of antibiotics before responding to corticosteroids.

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bacterial skin infectionchronic ulcerleg ulceroutpatient carepyoderma gangrenosum

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PMID39022471
PMCPMC11251934

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