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Panniculitis with pseudomonas septicaemia in AIDS |
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| Authors: | Ruth A. Smith Janet S. Ross Anthony C. Branfoot David Asboe David C. Shanson Brian G. Gazzard Christopher B. Bunker |
| Affiliation: | Westminster and Chelsea Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK |
| Abstract: | A 27 year old female with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) developed tender erythematous nodules on her thighs. A skin biopsy of the lesions showed septal panniculitis and venulitis and Pseudomonas species was cultured from both the urine and the skin biopsy tissue. The lesions resolved on antibiotic therapy. Panniculitic nodules may represent an early stage of ecthyma gangrenosum which is a well recognised cutaneous complication of pseudomonas septicaemia. |
| Keywords: | Panniculitis Pseudomonas septicaemia Ecthyma gangrenosum AIDS |