BACKGROUND Necrotizing pneumonia due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus is associated with a high mortality rate. We sought factors associated with vital outcome in 50 cases occurring from 1986 through 2005. METHODS We compared the clinical and biological characteristics of 50 patients according to their vital outcome and examined the characteristics of ...

© 2017 Indian Dermatology Online Journal | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow A 48‐year‐old female presented with 15‐days‐duration of erythroderma after taking phenytoin. She had erosions covered with thick yellow crusts around the oral cavity, started 12 days after erythroderma. [Figure 1]. Systemic examination and blood investigations were within normal limits. The patient was treated for er...

Primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCLs) are Non-Hodgkin lymphomas where skin may be the only involved organ for a long time. The erythrodermic form of CTCL, including Sezary syndrome, with increased IgE concentration, eosinophilia and intense pruritus, may suggest atopic dermatitis, in the lack of evidence for diagnosis of T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. After vigorous research, two pat...

Erythroderma (exfoliative dermatitis) associates with important metabolic changes that include an enhancement in energy expenditure. The key components to total expenditure (TEE) basal rate (~68% of TEE), physical activity (~22% TEE) and thermic effect food (~10% TEE). In the erythrodermic state, there are likely multiple contributors increase such as 'caloric drain' resulting from increased ev...

An 86-year-old man developed a suspected severe erythroderma during treatment with silodosin (dosage unknown) for benign prostatic enlargement. Two weeks after starting silodosin, he developed a total-body scaling dermatitis. A biopsy was planned but the patient improved at his subsequent visit and it was not taken. Silodosin was discontinued and the patient received UVB phototherapy, clobetaso...

Sézary syndrome is a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma characterized by the triad of erythroderma, generalized lymphadenopathy, and the presence of Sézary cells in skin, lymph nodes and peripheral blood. A 59-year-old Chinese female presented with erythroderma, palmoplantar keratoderma and enlarged right axillary and epitrochlear lymph nodes. Staging investigations showed extensive involvement of perip...