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Case: Young girl with long-term rash, repeat staphylococcal infections

James H. Brien

You’ll find here the case of a 7-year-old girl with a history of eczema and a severe skin rash. She was initially diagnosed with severe atopic dermatitis. Read the case and choose your diagnosis. From the Healio publication, Infectious Diseases in Children’s regular column, What’s Your Diagnosis? by James H. Brien, DO, of Texas A&M College of Medicine in Temple, Texas.

The patient had a long history of this rash and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation and treatment of severe skin rash (Figure 1). One year later, she was readmitted with another severe exasperation of the rash (Figure 2).

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James H. Brien, DO, is with the department of infectious diseases at McLane Children’s Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health, Texas A&M College of Medicine in Temple, Texas. He is also a member of the Infectious Diseases in Children Editorial Board. Brien can be reached at: jhbrien@aol.com.

Disclosure: Brien reports no relevant financial disclosures.