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Pyoderma means any skin disease that is pyogenic (has pus). These include superficial bacterial infections such as impetigo , impetigo contagiosa , ecthyma , folliculitis , Bockhart's impetigo , furuncle , carbuncle , tropical ulcer , etc. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Autoimmune conditions include pyoderma gangrenosum .
Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare, inflammatory skin disease where painful pustules or nodules become ulcers that progressively grow. [3] Pyoderma gangrenosum is not infectious. [3] Treatments may include corticosteroids, ciclosporin, infliximab, or canakinumab. [2] The disease was identified in 1930.
Superficial granulomatous pyoderma is a cutaneous condition, a variant of pyoderma gangrenosum characterized by a localized superficial vegetative or ulcerative lesion, which usually follows trauma, such as surgery.
PAPA syndrome is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, which means that if one parent is affected, there is a 100% chance that a child will inherit the disease from a homozygous affected parent and a 50% chance that a child will inherit the disease from an affected heterozygous parent.
Blastomycosis-like pyoderma (pyoderma vegetans) Blistering distal dactylitis; Botryomycosis; Brill–Zinsser disease; Brucellosis (Bang's disease, Malta fever, undulant fever) Bubonic plague; Bullous impetigo; Cat scratch disease (cat scratch fever, English–Wear infection, inoculation lymphoreticulosis, subacute regional lymphadenitis ...
Rare causes of skin ulcers include pyoderma gangraenosum, lesions caused by Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, morbus Behçet and infections that are usually seen in those who are immunocompromised, for example ecthyma gangraenosum.
Pyoderma faciale, also known as rosacea fulminans, [26] is a conglobate, nodular disease that arises abruptly on the face. [ 11 ] [ 26 ] Rosacea conglobata is a severe rosacea that can mimic acne conglobata , with hemorrhagic nodular abscesses and indurated plaques.
The inflammation and ulceration that occurs as a result of pathergy in pyoderma gangrenosum often responds to systemic steroid therapy. The pathergy reaction is a unique feature of Behçet's disease and, according to the International Study Group for Behcet's Disease, is among the major criteria required for the diagnosis.