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Recurrent chancriform pyoderma: report of a case with tongue lesions. Is Staphylococcus aureus implicated?
Author(s) -
HOLMES S.C.,
THOMSON J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb02642.x
Subject(s) - pyoderma , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , tongue , dermatology , staphylococcal infections , pyoderma gangrenosum , staphylococcal skin infections , pathology , biology , disease , genetics , bacteria
Summary We report a case of recurrent chancriform pyoderma. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from only one of seven lesions. Lmmunological responses to S. aureus , as measured by peripheral neutrophil function, were normal. We question the notion that chancriform pyoderma represents an abnormal immune response to a primary staphylococcal infection. To our knowledge, this is only the third reported patient with lesions affecting the tongue.