Dermatitis gangrenosa

Medical condition

Dermatitis gangrenosa
Other names	Gangrene of the skin
Specialty	Dermatology

Dermatitis gangrenosa is a cutaneous condition caused by infection by Clostridium resulting in a necrosis and sloughing of the skin.^[1]^: 268

See also

Skin lesion

References

^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

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Bacterial skin disease

Gram +ve

Bacillota

Staphylococcus	Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome Impetigo Toxic shock syndrome
Streptococcus	Impetigo Cutaneous group B streptococcal infection Streptococcal intertrigo Cutaneous Streptococcus iniae infection Erysipelas / Chronic recurrent erysipelas Scarlet fever
Corynebacterium	Erythrasma
Clostridium	Gas gangrene Dermatitis gangrenosa
Others	Listeriosis Erysipeloid of Rosenbach Mycoplasma

Mycobacterium-
related

Aquarium granuloma
Borderline lepromatous leprosy
Borderline leprosy
Borderline tuberculoid leprosy
Buruli ulcer
Erythema induratum
Histoid leprosy
Lepromatous leprosy
Leprosy
Lichen scrofulosorum
Lupus vulgaris
Miliary tuberculosis
Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex infection
Mycobacterium haemophilum infection
Mycobacterium kansasii infection
Papulonecrotic tuberculid
Primary inoculation tuberculosis
Rapid growing mycobacterium infection
Scrofuloderma
Tuberculosis cutis orificialis
Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
Tuberculous cellulitis
Tuberculous gumma
Tuberculoid leprosy

Others

Cutaneous actinomycosis
Nocardiosis
Cutaneous diphtheria infection
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection
Group JK corynebacterium sepsis

Alpha	Endemic typhus Epidemic typhus Scrub typhus North Asian tick typhus Queensland tick typhus Flying squirrel typhus Trench fever Bacillary angiomatosis African tick bite fever American tick bite fever Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection Rickettsialpox Rocky Mountain spotted fever Human granulocytotropic anaplasmosis Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis Flea-borne spotted fever Japanese spotted fever Mediterranean spotted fever Flinders Island spotted fever Verruga peruana Brill–Zinsser disease Brucellosis Cat-scratch disease Oroya fever Ehrlichiosis ewingii infection
Beta	Gonococcemia/Gonorrhea/Primary gonococcal dermatitis Melioidosis Cutaneous Pasteurella hemolytica infection Meningococcemia Glanders Chromobacteriosis infection
Gamma	Pasteurellosis Tularemia Vibrio vulnificus Rhinoscleroma Haemophilus influenzae cellulitis Pseudomonal pyoderma / Pseudomonas hot-foot syndrome / Hot tub folliculitis / Ecthyma gangrenosum / Green nail syndrome Q fever Salmonellosis Shigellosis Plague Granuloma inguinale Chancroid Aeromonas infection

Campylobacterota

Helicobacter cellulitis

Other

Unspecified
pathogen

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