Polymyxin B-Induced Diffuse Cutaneous Hyperpigmentation
Published: February 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/24278.9213
Sandeep Lahiry, Shouvik Choudhury, Ayan Mukherjee, Prajesh Kiran Bhunya, Moumita Bala
1. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
3. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
4. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
5. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sandeep Lahiry, Department of Pharmacology, 244B, A.J.C Bose Road,
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata-700124, West Bengal, India.
E-mail: sndplry@gmail.com
Polymyxin B is a polypeptide-antibiotic, primarily used for resistant Gram-negative infections, first obtained from bacterium Bacillus polymyxa in the late 1940s. Antibiotic spectrum are restricted to mainly gram negative bacterias like Enterobacter, E. coli, Klebsiella, Salmonella, Pasteurella, Bordetella, Shigella; and particularly organisms like Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii, which are extremely potent to acquire antibiotic resistance. Side effects include neurotoxicity and acute renal tubular necrosis. Here, we present a rare case of skin hyper-pigmentation in a 65-year-old elderly male of Indian origin, diagnosed as a case of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumonia, treated with intravenous antibiotics. The manifestations were observed after 4 days of Polymyxin B therapy initiation. All other concomitant drugs, infections, or immunologic disorders that, could have caused this symptom, were carefully excluded. An objective causality assessment reveals that, the cutaneous hyperpigmentation was possibly associated with Polymyxin B therapy, though further studies may be needed to explain the underlying mechanism
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