초록
패혈증이 동반된 아토피피부염 환자를 19일간의 입원치료기간동안 한약치료와 항생제치료를 병행하여 치료하였다. 향후 적절한 감염 관리가 동반된다면, 2차 감염이 병발된 아토피피부염을 적극적으로 치료할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.
Objective : It is well known that patients with atopic dermatitis are prone to cutaneous infections. Especially Staphylococcus aureus has been regarded as having an influence on atopic dermatitis. We observed and treated a case of an adult atopic dermatitis patient with sepsis by cooperation of east-west medicine. We present this case because there were no former reports of atopic dermatitis with sepsis treated by cooperation of east-west medicine. Method : We used herbal medication, acupuncture, herbal wet dressing combined with antibiotics and analgesics for 19 days. Atopic dermatitis grade was determined using SCORAD index. Result : The SCORAD index was lowered 32.3 at discharge than before of which the SCORAD index was 62.5 at admission. Other systemic inflammatory response such as fever, pus was also resolved. Conclusion : From this result, we suggest that herbal therapy associated with antibiotic therapy were shown to treat atopic dermatitis with secondary infection effectively.