A case of severe cutaneous <i>Mycobacterium marinum</i> infection in a patient with Crohn’s disease on chronic high-dose prednisone
Takaaki Kobayashi, Bradley Ford, Poorani Sekar
BMJ Case Reports · 2019-01
Abstract
A 73 year-old man with a history of Crohn’s disease was referred to the infectious diseases service for rash. Three months ago, he developed a diffuse rash that was neither itchy nor painful. He had been taking prednisone 40 mg daily for Crohn’s disease for 40 years. He had both a salt and
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Crohn's disease
- Prednisone
- Medicine
- Disease
- Dermatology
- Mycobacterium
- Immunology