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Green Foot
Author(s) -
LeFeber William P.,
Golitz Loren E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1984.tb00439.x
Subject(s) - medicine , foot (prosody) , pseudomonas aeruginosa , asymptomatic , colonization , dermatology , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , philosophy , linguistics , genetics
Pseudomonas aeruginosa may infect the skin surface, nails, hair follicles, or deeper tissues. We report a 13‐year‐old male with an asymptomatic green discoloration of the toenails and sole of the right foot. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was cultured from the shoe, but not from the discolored skin. We stispect that constant wearing of occlusive, rubber‐soled, basketball shoes associated with hyperhidrosis allowed colonization of his shoe with pseudomonas. This case is unique in that colonization resulted in a green color of the foot not associated with infection of the skin.