TY - JOUR T1 - Ecthyma gangrenosum of the cheek in a 6-month-old infant JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 55 LP - 56 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306852 VL - 100 IS - 1 AU - Giada Biddeci AU - Mario Cutrone AU - Ilaria Mattei AU - Enrico Valerio AU - Francesca Favot Y1 - 2015/01/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/100/1/55.abstract N2 - A previously healthy, immunocompetent 6-month-old girl presented with a 4-day history of fever and a deep, blackish eschar surrounded by extended ulceration and erythema on her right cheek (figure 1), rapidly evolved despite initial treatment with a Calendula and Gentamicin homeopathic ointment.Figure 1 Exudating deep, blackish eschar surrounded by extended ulceration and erythema, as seen at admission. She had not received antibiotics previously.Blood tests at admission showed leukocytosis (white blood cells 10 640/mm3, reference range 6000–17 500/mm3) with normal neutrophil count (N … ER -