Multiple Pyogenic Granulomas After Burns: Response to Conservative Treatment in Five Children

Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Jul-Aug;32(4):e175-6. doi: 10.1111/pde.12603. Epub 2015 Apr 20.

Abstract

We describe five children with multiple pyogenic granulomas after burns that were healed effectively using conservative treatment consisting of 1% povidone-iodine, silver nanoparticle dressing, and antibiotics. No relapse of the lesions was observed from 6 months to 2 years later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
  • Burns / complications*
  • Candida albicans / isolation & purification
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / drug therapy*
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / etiology*
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Povidone-Iodine / therapeutic use
  • Silver Compounds / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Silver Compounds
  • Povidone-Iodine