%0 Journal Article
%T Enteropathica Acrodermatitis Complicated by Necrotising Fasciitis in an Infant Admitted to the Paediatric Emergency Department of the Gabriel Touré University Hospital
%A Aichata Keita
%A Bory Traor¨¦
%A Adama Demb¨¦l¨¦
%A Rokiatou Diarra
%A Mariam Diarra
%A Elmouloud M. Ciss¨¦
%A Mariam Kan¨¦
%A Bakary Coulibaly
%A Hawa Konar¨¦
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 831-837
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2023.136091
%X Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive genetic
disorder characterised by periorificial dermatitis, alopecia and diarrhoea. It
is caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for a membrane protein that
binds zinc. We report a case in a 7-month-old girl, admitted with altered
general condition and scaly, pustular erythematous lesions, initially located
in the occipital and cervical regions, and secondarily inguinal and on the
knees.</span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Management and outcome in this patient?</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Genetic
assay was not available to confirm this rare genetic disease</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> A delay
in establishing the diagnosis and a disastrous outcome did not save the patient
despite the administration of zinc.
%K Enteropathica Acrodermatitis
%K Necrotizing Fasciitis
%K Infant
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=128902