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Am J Med Sci
; 295(1): 52-4, 1988 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3276190
RESUMO
Ecthyma is an ulcerated form of impetigo due to Streptococcus pyogenes, seen primarily in children with poor hygiene. The authors report a homosexual man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who developed severe ecthyma and bacteremia caused by S. pyogenes. Opsonizing antibody to the M protein of S. pyogenes is important in immunity to this organism. Patients with AIDS may have defective humoral immunity as well as defective cellular immunity, and such a defect may have rendered this patient abnormally susceptible to severe infection with S. pyogenes.