Cutaneous manifestations of Helicobacter cinaedi infection.
Acta Derm Venereol
; 93(2): 165-7, 2013 Mar 27.
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| ID: mdl-22735294
ABSTRACT
Helicobacter cinaedi causes gastroenteritis and bacter-aemia, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Although cellulitis is sometimes reported to accompany infection by this pathogen, the cutaneous manifestations are poorly understood. To clarify the characteristic cutaneous features, 47 cases of H. cinaedi bacteraemia experienced at Sapporo City General Hospital as nosocomial infection were retrospectively evaluated. Thirty-four percent (16 cases) of the patients showed cutaneous lesions. They all had sudden onset of erythemas accompanied by high temperature. The most common cutaneous manifestations were found to be superficial cellulitis, which results in painful erythemas or infiltrated erythematous plaques on the extremities. These skin lesions can be an early clinical indicator of H. cinaedi bacteraemia in the setting of nosocomial infection.
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Piel
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Celulitis (Flemón)
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Infección Hospitalaria
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Infecciones por Helicobacter
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Helicobacter
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Eritema
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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2013
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