Image of the Month—Quiz Case
Abstract
A 43-year-old scallop fisherman from Massachusetts had left arm swelling and blisters. Two days before admission, he had cut his hand while scalloping; then he had cleansed it with the stagnant seawater in which he stored his scalloping knives. The following day, his left arm became edematous, erythematous, and painful, and he was admitted to an outside hospital. Despite treatment with broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics and topical silver sulfasalazine, the erythema progressed and bullae...