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Ecthyma gangrenosum is an uncommon cutaneous infection usually caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa that occurs in immunocompromised individuals. In this report, we present a male pediatric patient with ulcers on both knees and ankles with pain that cause movement difficulties that resemble pyoderma gangrenosum. Further examination found bacteremia that confirmed the condition as non-pseudomonal ecthyma gangrenosum caused by his immunocompromised state. He also suffered chronic kidney disease stage V, diabetes mellitus type 2, and underweight with poor nutritional status.
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Hendaria, M.P., Widia, Y., Sawitri, Zulkarnain, I., Citrashanty, I. (2022). Non-Pseudomonal Ecthyma Gangrenosum Resembling Pyoderma Gangrenosum on Malnourished Child with End Stage Renal Disease. In: Lotti, T.M., Arcangeli, F. (eds) Clinical Cases in Adolescent Dermatology. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91526-1_25
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