Repeated Multiple Episodes of Furunculosis in a Young Brittle Diabetic, Successfully Treated
We report a 36-year-old male, a brittle diabetic, known case of diabetes mellitus for the last 10 years, noncompliant with medications, and presented with repeated episodes of furunculosis. The patient had a history of fever, headache, and one seizure episode in the last week. The patient has brittle diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, and acute on chronic kidney injury with Vitamin D deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. The patient responded well to both systemic and local antibiotics, and all the skin lesions healed with adequate blood sugar management.
Authors
- Vijayashree S. Gokhale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-716X)
- Anshuman Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7689-9134)
- Mahabir Prasad Mishra
- Atharvan Sharma Mangalapalli
Institutions
- Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre (IN)
- Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of African Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_566_25
- Primary Topic
- Skin Diseases and Diabetes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00