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Elizabeth M Gavioli1, Michael Casias, Linda Ngo

  • 1Elizabeth M. Gavioli, PharmD, is Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, First Avenue at 16th St, New York. Michael Casias, PharmD, is Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway Township, NJ. Linda Ngo, PharmD, is Pharmacist, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted May 17, 2019; accepted in revised form September 13, 2019.

Advances in Skin & Wound Care
|May 20, 2020
PubMed
Summary

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare inflammatory skin condition. This case highlights the risk of superimposed bacterial infections, specifically Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacteroides fragilis, following intralesional corticosteroid treatment for PG.

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