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Skin Disorders in Immunocompromised Diabetes Patients

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Immunity and diabetes is a complicated subject and many skin-related problems may be involved. From the clinician’s standpoint, there are five dermatologic conditions related to immunity and diabetes that need special note: the diabetic foot, mucormycosis, necrotizing fasciitis, candidiasis, and recurrent cellulitis of the lower extremities. These illnesses seem uniquely associated with diabetic immune dysregulation.

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  1. Internal Medicine, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands

    Nasirah Atiq MD

  2. Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Burgemeester’s Jacobplein 51, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, 3015CA, The Netherlands

    Hok Bing Thio MD, PhD

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  1. St Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

    John C. Hall

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Atiq, N., Thio, H.B. (2014). Skin Disorders in Immunocompromised Diabetes Patients. In: Hall, J. (eds) Skin Diseases in the Immunocompromised. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6479-1_1

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