Rare Presentation of Postsurgical Pyoderma Gangrenosum Presenting as Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

Rod L Flynn1, Mashiul H Chowdhury, Joseph Rudolph

  • 1Rod L. Flynn, MD, is Medical Director of Surgical Oncology, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. At the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mashiul H. Chowdhury, MD, is Chief of Infectious Diseases; Joseph Rudolph, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, CWOCN, is a nurse practitioner, Department of Skin, Wound and Ostomy Care; and Stephanie Einstein, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, CWOCN, is a nurse practitioner, Department of Skin, Wound and Ostomy Care. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted February 11, 2019; accepted in revised form April 17, 2019; published online ahead of print September 5, 2019.

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