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Infectious complications of erythrodermic psoriasis
M S Green1, J H Prystowsky, S R Cohen
1Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
Severe morbidity and mortality may be associated with erythrodermic psoriasis, especially when complicated by septicemia. We describe five patients with erythrodermic psoriasis complicated by staphylococcal septicemia. In two, concurrent infection with HIV increased vulnerability to bacteremia.