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Sweet's syndrome associated with cellulitis
Author(s) -
Dinh Hope,
Murugasu Anand,
Gin Douglas
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00347.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cellulitis , sweet's syndrome , erythema , dermatology , erythema nodosum , prednisolone , cellulite , surgery , antibiotics , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
SUMMARY A 38‐year‐old woman developed an acute, painful cutaneous eruption on her lower legs, neck, chest and fingers while receiving a number of oral and intravenous antibiotics for left leg cellulitis caused by trauma. Clinically and histopathologically, she was diagnosed with Sweet's syndrome with typical pseudovesicular skin changes in conjunction with erythema nodosum‐like lesions on her lower legs. She responded quickly to oral prednisolone. We propose Staphylococcal cellulitis as a cause of Sweet's syndrome.