OBJECTIVE Bacterial skin infections have been considered as a possible health problem of the Hajj pilgrims. Significant increase in the rate of resistance to commonly used antibiotics against gram positive organisms has been observed. The present study was planned to obtain the microbiological profile of bacterial skin infections and their susceptibility to antimicrobials. METHODS Pyodermas w...

In the United States, veterinary use of mupirocin is primarily limited to the treatment of canine pyoderma caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP). In this study, only 1 of 581 S. pseudintermedius isolates tested was resistant to mupirocin and carried the high-level mupirocin resistance gene, ileS2, on a plasmid.

pyoderma gangrenosum (pg) is a painful skin lesion that results from excessive inflammatory response to a host of traumatic, inflammatory, or neoplastic processes in susceptible individuals. a clear pathogenetic mechanism as well as an exhaustive list of potential triggers for pg is yet to be fully characterized. this case documents the occurrence of pyoderma gangrenosum following leech-therapy...

Sentürk S., E. Özel, A. Sen: Clinical Efficacy of Rifampicin for Treatment of Canine Pyoderma. Acta Vet. Brno 2005, 74: 117-122. In this study, the efficacy and field safety of rifampicin were evaluated in dogs with pyoderma. Clinical diagnoses of canine pyoderma were supported by bacteriologic cultures. 20 dogs with pyoderma were treated with rifampicin at a dose of 5 mg·kg-1 once daily for 10...

Introduction Both Sweet’s syndrome and pyoderma gangraenosum are neutrophilic dermatoses with abrupt onset of painful skin lesions. In Sweet’s syndrome systemic symptoms such as fever, headache and leucocytosis together with painful skin papules are often seen. Corticosteroid therapy is often sufficient treatment. Pyoderma gangraenosum is characterized by the development of painful ulcerative s...

Pyoderma gangrenosum – a rare, neutrophilicdermatosis – is associated with diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and haematologic disease. It is a condition of unknown etiology. It is the result of an exaggerated response to specific and non-specific stimuli. First-line treatment is with a steroid, usually prednisone. Here we report a case of 60-year-old female presented to ...

An atypical pyoderma gangrenosum mimicking a post surgical cutaneous and subcutaneous infection is being reported for the first time in international literature after knee replacement surgery with the operation site being the starting point of pyoderma gangrenosum. Orthopedic surgeons and general surgeons should be aware of the existence of this disease and its association with surgical trauma.