Periungual Abscess Caused by Citrobacter braakii in a Patient with Chronic Paronychia

528 Ann Dermatol Received January 25, 2015, Revised August 20, 2015, Accepted for publication August 26, 2015 Corresponding author: Seong-Jin Kim, Department of Dermatology, Chonnam National University Hospital, 42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61469, Korea. Tel: 82-62-220-6683, Fax: 82-62-222-4058, E-mail: seongkim@ chonnam.ac.kr This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology Fig. 1. (A) A painful grayish 0.8×0.6 inch sized (2.0×1.5 cm) abscess on her right thumb in a 68-year-old women. (B) One week after incision and drainage with antibiotics treatment, the abscess cleared only leaving mild skin excoriation, trachionychia and Beau’s line, which all releaved afterwards. http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2016.28.4.528