A case of pyoderma gangrenosum around the urethral meatus aggravated by COVID‐19 infection and further worsened due to the development of pyogenic osteomyelitis 8 years after urostomy

Makoto Kondo; Yoshiaki Matsushima; Takehisa Nakanishi; Koji Habe; Keiichi Yamanaka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7501

Clinical Case Reports (Jun 2023)

A case of pyoderma gangrenosum around the urethral meatus aggravated by COVID‐19 infection and further worsened due to the development of pyogenic osteomyelitis 8 years after urostomy

Makoto Kondo,
Yoshiaki Matsushima,
Takehisa Nakanishi,
Koji Habe,
Keiichi Yamanaka

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Makoto Kondo: Department of Dermatology Mie University Graduate School of Medicine Tsu Japan
Yoshiaki Matsushima: Department of Dermatology Mie University Graduate School of Medicine Tsu Japan
Takehisa Nakanishi: Department of Dermatology Mie University Graduate School of Medicine Tsu Japan
Koji Habe: Department of Dermatology Mie University Graduate School of Medicine Tsu Japan
Keiichi Yamanaka: Department of Dermatology Mie University Graduate School of Medicine Tsu Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7501
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 6
pp. n/a – n/a

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Key Clinical Message After the infection with COVID‐19, pyoderma gangrenosum worsened and further led to necrosis following pyogenic osteomyelitis. Infection is a major exacerbating factor in pyoderma gangrenosum.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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