Author(s)

Aichata Keita^1*, Bory Traoré², Adama Dembélé², Rokiatou Diarra¹, Mariam Diarra³, Elmouloud M. Cissé², Mariam Kané², Bakary Coulibaly¹, Hawa Konaré²

¹Reference Health Center of the Commune VI, Bamako, Mali.
²Department of Paediatrics CHU Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
³Bamako Dermatology Hospital, Bamako, Mali.

Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterised by periorificial dermatitis, alopecia and diarrhoea. It is caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for a membrane protein that binds zinc. We report a case in a 7-month-old girl, admitted with altered general condition and scaly, pustular erythematous lesions, initially located in the occipital and cervical regions, and secondarily inguinal and on the knees. Management and outcome in this patient? Genetic assay was not available to confirm this rare genetic disease. A delay in establishing the diagnosis and a disastrous outcome did not save the patient despite the administration of zinc.

Enteropathica Acrodermatitis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Infant

Keita, A. , Traoré, B. , Dembélé, A. , Diarra, R. , Diarra, M. , Cissé, E. , Kané, M. , Coulibaly, B. and Konaré, H. (2023) Enteropathica Acrodermatitis Complicated by Necrotising Fasciitis in an Infant Admitted to the Paediatric Emergency Department of the Gabriel Touré University Hospital. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 13, 831-837. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2023.136091.