Department Blog

Posted 8/5/2016 by Linda Kesselring

Skin Rash Turns Deadly

Chrissie Tupe, MD, and Mike McCurdy, MD, published a case report (“A Fatal Case of Eczema Herpeticum with Septic Shock Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus”) in the July issue of the American Journal of Critical Care. In collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Medicine, they describe the clinical challenges presented by an immunocompromised woman whose undifferentiated rash became complicated by scabies, herpes simplex virus infection, and MRSA.