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Yamamoto T. Local neutrophil and eosinophil extracellular traps formation in pyodermatitis pyostomatitis vegetans. Exp Dermatol 2024; 33:e14931. [PMID: 37694984 DOI: 10.1111/exd.14931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Pyodermatitis pyostomatitis vegetans is a rare inflammatory condition, affecting the skin and/or mucous membrane. Some cases include both skin and mucous involvement, whereas others develop either skin or mucous lesions only. The typically affected areas are the scalp, face, trunk and extremities, including the flexural areas and umbilicus. Clinical features show erosive granulomatous plaques, keratotic plaques with overlying crusts and pustular lesions. Among mucous lesions, oral mucosa is most frequently involved, and gingival erythema, shallow erosions, cobblestone-like papules on the buccal mucosa or upper hard palate of the oral cavity are also observed. Some of the lesions assume a 'snail track' appearance. Although there are several similarities between pyodermatitis pyostomatitis vegetans and other diseases, that is pyoderma gangrenosum, pemphigus vegetans and pemphigoid vegetans, the histopathological features of pyodermatitis pyostomatitis vegetans are unique in that epidermal hyperplasia, focal acantholysis and dense inflammatory infiltrates with intraepidermal and subepidermal eosinophilic microabscesses are observed. Direct immunofluorescence findings are principally negative. Activated neutrophils are supposed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of pyodermatitis pyostomatitis vegetans. The expression of IL-36 and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) was observed in the lesional skin, and additionally, eosinophil extracellular traps (EETs) was detected in pyodermatitis pyostomatitis vegetans. A possible pathogenic role of NETs and EETs in the innate immunity and autoinflammatory aspects of pyodermatitis pyostomatitis vegetans was discussed.
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- Toshiyuki Yamamoto
- Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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Armitage EP, Senghore E, Darboe S, Barry M, Camara J, Bah S, Marks M, Cerami C, Roca A, Antonio M, Turner CE, de Silva TI. High burden and seasonal variation of paediatric scabies and pyoderma prevalence in The Gambia: A cross-sectional study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007801. [PMID: 31609963 PMCID: PMC6812840 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Scabies is a WHO neglected tropical disease common in children in low- and middle-income countries. Excoriation of scabies lesions can lead to secondary pyoderma infection, most commonly by Staphyloccocus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS), with the latter linked to acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) and potentially rheumatic heart disease (RHD). There is a paucity of data on the prevalence of these skin infections and their bacterial aetiology from Africa. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A cross-sectional study, conducted over a four-month period that included the dry and rainy season, was conducted to determine the prevalence of common skin infections in Sukuta, a peri-urban settlement in western Gambia, in children <5 years. Swabs from pyoderma lesions were cultured for S. aureus and GAS. Of 1441 children examined, 15.9% had scabies (95% CI 12.2-20.4), 17.4% had pyoderma (95% CI 10.4-27.7) and 9.7% had fungal infections (95% CI 6.6-14.0). Scabies was significantly associated with pyoderma (aOR 2.74, 95% CI 1.61-4.67). Of 250 pyoderma swabs, 80.8% were culture-positive for S. aureus, and 50.8% for GAS. Participants examined after the first rains were significantly more likely to have pyoderma than those examined before (aRR 2.42, 95% CI 1.38-4.23), whereas no difference in scabies prevalence was seen (aRR 1.08, 95% CI 0.70-1.67). Swab positivity was not affected by the season. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE High prevalence of scabies and pyoderma were observed. Pyoderma increased significantly during the rainy season. Given the high prevalence of GAS pyoderma among children, further research on the association with RHD in West Africa is warranted.
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- Edwin P. Armitage
- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, The Florey Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia
- Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Diseases, The Florey Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- C Buckley
- Department of Dermatology, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London
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Kao S, Yadgar R, Enelow T, Friedman A. Blastomycosis-like Pyoderma Arising in Lichen Planus. J Drugs Dermatol 2018; 17:233-235. [PMID: 29462233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Blastomycosis-like pyoderma (BLP) is a rare reactive skin disease that is most commonly caused by bacterial infection. Herein we present a case of BLP arising in lichen planus, a chronic inflammatory disease. We propose Wolf's isotopic response, or the appearance of a new skin disease at the site of an existing and unrelated disease, as the underlying molecular mechanism responsible for this unusual physical presentation. It is important that clinicians recognize atypical morphologies such as BLP, which mimics squamous cell carcinoma both clinically and pathologically. These similarities highlight the need for a tissue diagnosis to identify infectious etiologies and rule out malignancy when BLP is suspected. J Drugs Dermatol. 2018;17(2):233-235.
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Molodoi AD, Dimitriu A, Andronic CD, Stoleriu G, Bădescu A, Boda D, Brănisteanu DE. Pyoderma vegetans developed on chronic leg ulcer. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 2015; 119:107-111. [PMID: 25970952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Pyoderma vegetans is a rare disorder that more commonly affects middle-aged persons, with a male predilection. It is characterized by vegetating lesions that coalescence into a plaque with eroded surface, covered by purulent discharge and crusts. The etiology of this disease is not known with certainty, but it is often associated with bacterial infections in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of a 73-year-old men who presented to the Iasi Dermatology Clinic with a large, irregular, relatively well-defined dermohypodermic ulcer, with infiltrated sclerosing borders, accompanied by pain, with the floor covered in the Northern part by a proliferative, vegetative bleeding area, and the rest by a yellowish secretion and cellular debris, located on the left leg. Bacteriological examination of ulcer secretion identified Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Anatomopathological examination confirmed the development of Pyoderma vegetans on chronic leg ulcer. Under specific treatment for chronic leg ulcer and eradication of infectious focus the outcome was favorable both in terms of trophic ulcer scar- ring and Pyoderma vegetans healing.
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Cecchi R, Bartoli L, Brunetti L, Pavesi M. Blastomycosis-like pyoderma in association with recurrent vesicular hand eczema: good response to acitretin. Dermatol Online J 2011; 17:9. [PMID: 21426875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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Blastomycosis-like pyoderma, also known as pyoderma vegetans, is an uncommon disease characterized by vegetating skin lesions mimicking blastomycosis or warty tuberculosis, often associated with staphylococcal and streptococcal infections. It is more commonly observed in elderly patients with impaired immunological capacity, and is often unresponsive to various therapeutic modalities. We describe a case of BLP that occurred on the palmar aspect of the left hand in an elderly female, affected with recurrent vesicular hand eczema. The disease resolved completely following the administration of oral acitretin 25 mg/day for 10 weeks.
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- Roberto Cecchi
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital of Pistoia, Pistoia, Italy.
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Azizov BS, Ismailova GA. Sensitivity of skin microflora to antibacterial medications administered to patients with different status of HIV. Lik Sprava 2010:124-128. [PMID: 21485755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The attenuation of the tolerability of HIV-infected patients to the infectious agents leads to the development of frequent relapses both primary pyoderma and secondary bacterial complications of dermatoses of unclear nature that aggravates current status of the main disease. Regarding about mention data, the study of biotype spectrum of infectious agents in pustular skin lesions and their resistance patterns to antibacterial preparations in patients with pyoderma and with different HIV status is of great interest. The article presents comparative results of the study of bacterial composition in the pus of 124 patients with pyoderma and HIV infection and in 70 patients with pyoderma but without HIV. It is possible on the basis of results of the analysis to note high frequency of identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus haemolyticus in persons without HIV infection and both primary and secondary pyoderma with the further decrease in strains in similar patients with HIV. All patients with pustular skin lesions were found to have a wide spectrum of pathogens prevalence of which depends both on HIV-status of a patient and clinical form of pyoderma. HIV-positive patients with primary pyoderma have a frequency rate of isolation of infectious agents in mixed cultures considerably higher (10 times) than this parameter in HIV-negative patients. The same tendency is observed in the analysis of cultivation rate of pathogens in patients with secondary pyoderma. However, in HIV positive patients the cultivation rate of mixed cultures increases by 2,5 times.
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- B S Azizov
- The Tashkent Medical Academy, Chair of Dermatological and Venerologic Diseases.
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Chiummariello S, De Gado F, Monarca C, Ruggiero M, Carlesimo B, Scuderi N, Alfano C. [Multicentric study on a topical compound with lymph-draining action in the treatment of the phlebostatic ulcer of the inferior limbs]. G Chir 2009; 30:497-501. [PMID: 20109380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Phlebostatic sore of the lower limbs is a typical chronic venous insufficiency complication and is still a widely controversial issue in its treatment. The common therapies, in fact, are not yet standardized and they not show complete efficacy. Since 2005 to 2007 a multicentric clinical trial was conducted at the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of "Sapienza" University of Rome and at the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, University of Perugia, in order to evaluate the efficacy of the Idrastin lymph-draining cream in patients with phlebostatic sores of the lower limbs. This study enrolled on 80 patients, split into 2 homogeneous groups of 40 patients: group A was treated by only elastocompressive therapy, group B by elastocompressive therapy and Idrastin. Multicentric analysis has considered the following parameters: local pain, perilesional flogosis , granulation tissue, perilesional tissue tropism healing time. In the group B results highlighted: reduction of the local pain, stopped in 72 hours; flogosis decrease disappeared in one week; tissue granulation growth in one week; lesion healing in 4 weeks. These results pointed out statistically significance of the variables considered. In our opinion Idrastin compounds such as phytoessence of hops and Hedera helix, had contributed to analgesia; Aesculus hippocastanum, and Vitis vinifera and Ruscus aculeatus phytoessence showed anti-flogistic action; allantoin and Centella asiatica and jaluronic acid aided to sore healing. Idrastin gives an effective support to the treatment of the phlebostatic sores warrants a faster and more effective healing process, than to the wounds treated by only the elastocompressive therapy.
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- S Chiummariello
- Università degli Studi di Perugia, Cattedra di Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva
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Möller H, Waldenström JG, Zettervall O. Pyoderma gangraenosum (dermatitis ulcerosa) and monoclonal (IgA) globulin healed after melphalan treatment. Case report and review of the literature. Acta Med Scand 2009; 203:293-6. [PMID: 645442 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1978.tb14876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Since 1968 we have been treating a patient, who has had a combination of pyoderma gangraenosum (dermatitis ulcerosa) and signs that may indicate early multiple myeloma. She also had carcinoma of the colon, which was successfully operated. The pyoderma healed later after intensive and successful cytostatic treatment of the "myeloma". The ulcers remain practically healed and the protein pattern is normal in May 1977. Such cases are rare and a search in the literature has not been very rewarding. In our own series of more than 200 cases with myeloma this combination is unique. The lieterature is discussed in detail with data on the follow-up on some of the patients.
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Mucocutaneous pyoderma is a disease of unknown aetiology affecting mucocutaneous skin and is responsive to antibacterial therapy. It is reported to affect the lips, nasal planum, nares, perioral skin and less commonly, the eyelids, vulva, prepuce and anus. Three cases of mucocutaneous pyoderma are presented. Two of the cases showed ulcerative lesions in the inguinal and axillary regions in addition to more typically reported lesions. Two of the dogs had concurrent atopic dermatitis and the third had clinical signs suggestive of hyper-sensitivity disease. The clinical and histopathological features, differentiation of mucocutaneous pyoderma from discoid lupus erythematosus, and long-term management of mucocutaneous pyoderma are discussed.
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- R J Bassett
- Melbourne Veterinary Referral Centre, Glen Waverley, Victoria 3150
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Pyoderma facial (PF) is a sudden severe eruption of pustules and cystic swellings which may be interconnected by sinuses. It affects mainly adult women. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman presenting with sudden onset of coalescing nodules and abscesses on the face, with mild systemic disturbance. She also had erythema nodosum (EN)-like lesions on the legs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of PF associated with EN.
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- M Akhyani
- Department of Dermatology, Tehran Univercity of Medical Sciences, Razi Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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Plica polonica is a rare disorder of hair in which groups of hair shafts become irreversibly entangled, forming a matted, malodorous and encrusted, sticky, moist mass. Various predisposing factors are known to cause this condition. We report one such case associated with pediculosis capitis and scabies.
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- Pushpa Gnanaraj
- Department of Dermatology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattan Kulathur - 603203, Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu, India.
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Harish K, Varghese T, Najeeba R, Harikumar R. Pyoderma vegetans and ulcerative colitis. J Postgrad Med 2006; 52:302-3. [PMID: 17102554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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- K Harish
- Department of Gastroenterology, Calicut Medical College, Kozhikode - 673 008, Kerala, India.
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Kaplan EL, Bisno AL. Antecedent Streptococcal Infection in Acute Rheumatic Fever. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 43:690-2. [PMID: 16912940 DOI: 10.1086/506944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Accepted: 05/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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McDonald MI, Towers RJ, Andrews RM, Benger N, Currie BJ, Carapetis JR. Low rates of streptococcal pharyngitis and high rates of pyoderma in Australian aboriginal communities where acute rheumatic fever is hyperendemic. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 43:683-9. [PMID: 16912939 DOI: 10.1086/506938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Accepted: 04/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute rheumatic fever is a major cause of heart disease in Aboriginal Australians. The epidemiology differs from that observed in regions with temperate climates; streptococcal pharyngitis is reportedly rare, and pyoderma is highly prevalent. A link between pyoderma and acute rheumatic fever has been proposed but is yet to be proven. Group C beta-hemolytic streptococci and group G beta-hemolytic streptococci have also been also implicated in the pathogenesis. METHODS Monthly, prospective surveillance of selected households was conducted in 3 remote Aboriginal communities. People were questioned about sore throat and pyoderma; swab specimens were obtained from all throats and any pyoderma lesions. Household population density was determined. RESULTS From data collected during 531 household visits, the childhood incidence of sore throat was calculated to be 8 cases per 100 person-years, with no cases of symptomatic group A beta-hemolytic streptococci pharyngitis. The median point prevalence for throat carriage was 3.7% for group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, 0.7% for group C beta-hemolytic streptococci, and 5.1% for group G beta-hemolytic streptococci. Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci were recovered from the throats of 19.5% of children at some time during the study. There was no seasonal trend or correlation with overcrowding. Almost 40% of children had pyoderma at least once, and the prevalence was greatest during the dry season. In community 1, the prevalence of pyoderma correlated with household crowding. Group C and G beta-hemolytic streptococci were rarely recovered from pyoderma lesions. CONCLUSIONS These data are consistent with the hypothesis that recurrent skin infections immunize against throat colonization and infection. High rates of acute rheumatic fever were not driven by symptomatic group A beta-hemolytic streptococci throat infection. Group G and C beta-hemolytic streptococci were found in the throat but rarely in pyoderma lesions.
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- Malcolm I McDonald
- Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT, Australia.
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Endocrine diseases in the dog commonly manifest with dermatological lesions. Hypothyroidism is the most common endocrinopathy and usually presents with alopecia in areas of wear, seborrhea, and recurrent infections. Common clinical signs associated with hyperadrenocorticism include polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia. The most common dermatological manifestation of hyperadrenocorticism is bilaterally symmetrical alopecia sparing the head and distal extremities. Pyoderma is a common finding associated with immunosuppression. Less commonly, calcinosus cutis may occur. Sex hormone excess, primarily hyperestrogenism and hyperandrogenism, may also be associated with dermatological signs. Usually, dogs are intact, and the excess production is due to testicular or ovarian neoplasia.
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- Linda A Frank
- Diplomate American College of Veterinary Dermatology, The University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37996-4544, USA.
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Konstantopoulou M, O'Dwyer EM, Steele JC, Field EA, Lewis MAO, Macfarlane AW. Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans complicated by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. Clin Exp Dermatol 2005; 30:666-8. [PMID: 16197384 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans (PPV), a rare disorder of the skin and oral mucosa, is considered a highly specific marker for inflammatory bowel disease, especially ulcerative colitis (UC). Oral lesions (pyostomatitis vegetans) are seen without skin involvement but rarely without gastrointestinal symptoms. Bowel symptoms may be minimal and precede the onset of other lesions by months or years. Dermatologically, PPV is characterized by annular, pustular lesions, which may precede or appear at the same time as the oral lesions. We report a case of PPV and UC in which presentation was confused by acneiform lesions and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization. Management was complicated because of the patient's job commitments and need to travel, and the involvement of a number of different specialties at different locations.
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- M Konstantopoulou
- Department of Oral Medicine, Liverpool University Dental Hospital & School of Dentistry, Liverpool, UK
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Cortis E, De Benedetti F, Insalaco A, Cioschi S, Muratori F, D'Urbano LE, Ugazio AG. Abnormal production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) -- alpha and clinical efficacy of the TNF inhibitor etanercept in a patient with PAPA syndrome [corrected]. J Pediatr 2004; 145:851-5. [PMID: 15580218 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report a family with pyogenic sterile arthritis, pyoderna and acne syndrome (PAPA). The proband presented several episodes of sterile pyogenic arthritis and became unresponsive to glucocorticoids. After treatment with the tumor necrosis factor inhibitor etanercept, the disease underwent rapid and sustained clinical remission. Production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha by mononuclear cells of the proband and of the affected relatives was abnormally elevated.
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- Elisabetta Cortis
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumathology and Laboratory of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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Perceau G, Réguiai Z, Durlach A, Serouya M, Derancourt C, Bernard P. Pyoderma granulomateux superficiel associé à un adénocarcinome sigmoïdien. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2004; 131:388-90. [PMID: 15258518 DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(04)93623-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Christine L Tock
- Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-1908, USA.
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Mokronosova MA, Liaporova TV, Sergeev AV, Kopeĭkina IV, Ospel'nikova TP, Skhodova SA. [Clinical and immunological changes in atopic dermatitis patients treated with purified staphylococcal toxoid]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2004:71-4. [PMID: 15024988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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32 patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), complicated by pyoderma, were treated with purified staphylococcal toxoid (PST). Changes in clinical and laboratory characteristics in the course of treatment were evaluated. PST was shown to produce a satisfactory therapeutic effect, arresting the symptoms of local staphylococcal infection. An increase in the levels of alpha- and gamma-interferons and decreased content of CD25+ lymphocytes were found. Thus prospects appear for using this preparation as an interferon inductor, as well a for the immunotherapy of AD patients sensitized to Staphylococcus aureus.
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- M A Mokronosova
- Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia
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Gintovt EA. [Use of clarithromycin in the treatment of atopic dermatitis complicated by staphylococcal infection]. Antibiot Khimioter 2004; 49:22-5. [PMID: 15164520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Thirty patients (19 boys and 11 girls) with atopic dermatitis complicated by pyodermia were treated with clarithromycin tablets (Fromilid, KRKA, Slovenia) in a dose of 7.5 mg/kg body weight twice a day. The average treatment course was 7 days. The severity of atopic dermatitis was evaluated by the SCARAD Index. Thirty patients of the reference group were treated with intramuscular lincomycin in a dose of 10-20 mg/kg body weight twice a day for 7 days. The difference in the average SCORAD Index before and after the treatment with clarithromycin amounted to 19.95 vs 14.68 (p < 0.005) with the use of lincomycin. The tolerance of clarithromycin was good.
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- E A Gintovt
- St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, Research Centre of Pharmacotherapy, St. Petersburg
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The pH value of chronic wounds influences directly or indirectly many factors important to wound healing. We measured 247 pH values in 39 patients with chronic wounds of varying origins, detecting values from 5.45 to 8.65. Over a period of 12 months, individual values varied up to 1.73 units. Knowledge of pH values helps insure an adequate chronic wound therapy. For example, many enzymatic wound products have pH values outside the above values. Our results also show that the pH value is a dynamic factor which should be monitored regularly. Our studies offer additional insight into the specific features of chronic wounds and allow a more individualized therapy.
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- J Dissemond
- Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Essen.
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Margolis M, Schein M. Mega scrotum in pyoderma fistulans sinifica (fox den disease). Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2003; 1:149-51. [PMID: 12594902 DOI: 10.1089/109629600321227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- M Margolis
- Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Brooklyn, New York 10021, USA
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UNLABELLED A case of a pyoderma complicated with splenic abscess and bacteraemia caused by group A streptococcus was treated successfully with antibiotics alone for 4 weeks. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of splenic abscess associated with group A streptococcal bacteraemia. Advances in antibiotic therapy and imaging techniques have improved the management and outcomes of splenic abscesses. Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of splenic abscess after a pyoderma or a sepsis-like episode. CONCLUSION Splenic abscesses can be diagnosed by serial ultrasound or CT scan examinations and should be treated with antibiotics for 4-6 weeks.
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- K W Chang
- Department of Paediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Lenczowski JM, Cronquist SD, Turner ML. Mucocutaneous pustules and erosions associated with ulcerative colitis, sclerosing cholangitis, and peripheral blood eosinophilia. J Am Acad Dermatol 2002; 46:107-10. [PMID: 11756954 DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.118346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Joi M Lenczowski
- Dermatology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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We report a rare case of squamous cell carcinoma developing from fistules of chronic perianal pyoderma in a 49-year-old Japanese man. He first noticed an abscess and nodule on his buttocks and perianal area 21 year previously (at the age of 28); the fistules formed later. These fistules were surgically removed, and an artificial anus was constructed 14 years ago (at the age of 35) in our hospital, when a histopathological examination revealed no malignant changes. However, he was recently admitted to our hospital with arterial bleeding from the ulcer of the buttock. On admission, the histological diagnosis of the ulcer was well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Wide local excision of the ulcer and scar tissue, including the sacrum, was performed. The defect was covered with a left latissimus dorsi flap and skin graft. He received radiation therapy after the operation. However, he died of cachexia and pneumonia. This case indicated that the CPP would better have been treated with wide excision before the development of SCC. Therefore, we recommend careful follow-up of patients affected by CPP and repeated biopsies of the lesion, particularly when the condition is severe, longstanding, and extensive. We discussed the term "CPP" and reviewed 22 cases of SCC arising in CPP reported in the Japanese literature.
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- T Ishizawa
- Department of Dermatology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- A K Burrows
- Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital, Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, Western Australia
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Romiti R, Jansen T, Heldwein W, Plewig G. Rosacea fulminans in a patient with Crohn's disease: a case report and review of the literature. Acta Derm Venereol 2000; 80:127-9. [PMID: 10877134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Rosacea fulminans is a rare disorder of unknown cause that mainly affects postadolescent women, with abrupt onset and disfiguring course if left untreated. The simultaneous occurrence of rosacea fulminans and inflammatory bowel disease is rare and has been reported predominantly in the setting of ulcerative colitis. We describe here a case of rosacea fulminans in a patient with Crohn's disease and discuss a possible association between the two conditions.
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- R Romiti
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Saridomichelakis M, Koutinas A, Papadogiannakis E, Papazachariadou M, Liapi M, Trakas D. Adult-onset demodicosis in two dogs due to Demodex canis and a short-tailed demodectic mite. J Small Anim Pract 1999; 40:529-32. [PMID: 10649597 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1999.tb03014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Infestation with a short-tailed demodectic mite and Demodex canis was diagnosed in both a six-and-a-half-year-old and a four-year-old dog. The clinical picture was compatible with generalised demodicosis complicated by staphylococcal pyoderma (case 1), or localised demodicosis (case 2). In both cases, the short-tailed demodectic mite outnumbered D canis in superficial skin scrapings. The laboratory findings (lymphopenia, eosinopenia, increased serum alkaline phosphatase and alanine aminotransferase activities, diluted urine and proteinuria) and the results of a low dose dexamethasone suppression test were suggestive of underlying hyperadrenocorticism in the first case. Hypothyroidism was considered a possibility in the second case, owing to the sustained bradycardia and the extremely low basal total thyroxine value. Systemic treatment with ivermectin and cephalexin (case 1), or topical application of an amitraz solution in mineral oil, along with sodium levothyroxine replacement therapy (case 2), resulted in a complete resolution of the skin lesions and the disappearance of both types of demodectic mite after two and one and a half months, respectively.
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- M Saridomichelakis
- Clinic of Companion Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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Mealey KL, Willard MD, Nagode LA, Helman RG. Hypercalcemia associated with granulomatous disease in a cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1999; 215:959-62, 946. [PMID: 10511860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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A 6-year-old cat was examined because of recurrence of a draining mass involving skin and subcutaneous tissues of the caudoventral aspect of the abdomen. Previous treatment included administration of antimicrobial drugs and corticosteroids and surgical excision. Atypical mycobacteria were seen during cytologic examination of biopsy specimens of the mass; Nocardia sp was cultured. While hospitalized, the cat developed hypercalcemia and was found to have high serum calcitriol concentrations. Treatment consisted of administration of ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim-sulfadiazine because of the infection and administration of sodium chloride solution, furosemide, and calcitonin because of the hypercalcemia. The cat recovered.
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- K L Mealey
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843, USA
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- T D Rees
- Department of Periodontics, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University System, Dallas, USA
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Rosen T, Unkefer RP. Treatment of pyoderma faciale with isotretinoin in a patient with ulcerative colitis. Cutis 1999; 64:107-9. [PMID: 10467503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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The explosive onset of fluctuant facial papulonodules, usually in young women, is characteristic of pyoderma faciale. This disorder is neither a true pyoderma nor a variant of acne, but rather a severe form of rosacea. The most effective therapeutic modality appears to be isotretinoin, especially if preceded by a brief course of oral corticosteroids or a short interval of application of potent topical corticosteroids. Despite our concern about the potential adverse effects of systemic retinoids on underlying inflammatory bowel disease, isotretinoin was given to a patient with refractory pyoderma faciale. Response was dramatic, and no ill effects were encountered.
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- T Rosen
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Mozos E, Pérez J, Day MJ, Lucena R, Ginel PJ. Leishmaniosis and generalized demodicosis in three dogs: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study. J Comp Pathol 1999; 120:257-68. [PMID: 10213670 DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.1998.0273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This paper describes the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical aspects of the skin lesions in three dogs with leishmaniosis and generalized demodicosis. Diffuse alopecia, crusts, folliculitis and furunculosis, as commonly seen in generalized demodicosis, were prominent in all the dogs. MicroIscopically, there was a diffuse and perifollicular superficial and deep granulomatous dermatitis and, in two dogs, both Copyright Demodex canis mites and Leishmania spp. amastigotes were observed in the same lesions. Numerous Mac387(+)macrophages were observed in the inflammatory infiltrates, but macrophages loaded with amastigotes were Mac387(-). In all cases, immunoreactive CD3 lymphocytes were sparse, both in the granulomatous and perifollicular infiltrates. There were numerous IgG+, IgG4(+)-secreting plasma cells in areas of folliculitis and furunculosis and fewer IgG2(+), IgG3(+), IgA+and IgM+-secreting plasma cells in the inflammatory infiltrate. In all cases, MHC Class II was expressed by the majority of dermal macrophages and dendritic cells, as well as by lymphocytes and fibroblasts. The paucity of CD3(+)lymphocytes, usually abundant in D. canis lesions, points to leishmania-induced cell-mediated immunosuppression as a predisposing factor for generalized demodicosis.
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- E Mozos
- Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba, Avenida Medina Azahara 9, Córdoba, 14005, Spain
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Burkett G, Frank LA. Comparison of production of Staphylococcus intermedius exotoxin among clinically normal dogs, atopic dogs with recurrent pyoderma, and dogs with a single episode of pyoderma. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1998; 213:232-4. [PMID: 9676593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether exotoxin production by Staphylococcus intermedius is an important factor in recurrence of pyoderma in atopic dogs. DESIGN Prospective clinical study. ANIMALS 30 client-owned dogs (10 clinically normal dogs, 10 atopic dogs with recurrent pyoderma, and 10 dogs with a single episode of pyoderma). PROCEDURE Specimens for bacterial culturing were obtained from a pustule or papule of affected dogs or from skin of clinically normal dogs. Staphylococcus intermedius was isolated and processed. Supernatants were analyzed for staphylococcal exotoxins. Types of lesions and severity of pruritus were assessed for each dog. RESULTS Exotoxins A and C were detected in S intermedius isolated from 1 clinically normal dog. In the atopic group, exotoxin C was isolated from 1 dog, exotoxins A and C were isolated from 1 dog, and exotoxin C and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 were isolated from 1 dog. Exotoxins were isolated from 2 dogs with a single episode of pyoderma (exotoxin C, 1 dog; exotoxins A and C, 1 dog). Lesion types and severity of pruritus varied greatly among dogs with pyoderma and were not associated with detection of exotoxin or type of exotoxin. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Exotoxins were identified from few isolates of S intermedius, and we did not observe an association between type of lesions or severity of pruritus and detection of exotoxins. Production of exotoxin by S intermedius does not play a role in the recurrent nature of pyoderma in atopic dogs or on type of lesion or severity of pruritus associated with pyoderma.
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- G Burkett
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901, USA
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We report a case of pyodermia chronica glutealis complicated by acromegalic gigantism associated with hyperprolactinemia. The serum prolactin, growth hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and 11-deoxycortisol levels were elevated, but the estradiol and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate levels were within normal limits. However, the testosterone level was very low. Histopathologically, we found sinus tracts and scarring in a specimen from the buttocks. We could not immunohistochemically detect clear androgen, growth hormone, or prolactin receptors at any site. The patient was a man with a height of 197 cm and weight of 140 kg, he had clinical features of active acromegaly such as excessive sweating and increased thickness of soft tissue. He was also diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. Under such conditions, bacteria could easily grow and lesions might have been aggravated by the heavy pressure from his weight, a possible causes of his pyodermia chronica glutealis.
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- S Nishijima
- Division of Dermatology, Kansai Medical University, Kori Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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Kurmanova KB, Sulełmenova ZI, Sensatkhit K, Uteulin MN. [Efficacy of pefloxacin in the treatment of complicated relapsing erysipelas]. Antibiot Khimioter 1998; 42:25-8. [PMID: 9480650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The effect of antimicrobial agents on the clinical and immunological indices was comparatively studied in 30 patients with relapsing erysipelas complicated by pyoderma. The patients were treated with pefloxacin in a daily dose of 800 mg for 7-10 days (15 patients) and with the routine antibiotics such as benzylpenicillin, ampicillin and erythromycin (15 patients). The efficacy of the treatment was defined by disappearance of the clinical signs and normalization of the functional immunity status. The pefloxacin effect was evident at early stages of the treatment and observed at least for 3 months after the patient discharge from the hospital. Gradual elimination of the secondary immune deficiency in the convalescents due to sanitation of the infection chronic foci was recorded.
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- K B Kurmanova
- Institute of Advanced Medical Training, Kazakh State Medical University, Alma-Ata
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A monoclonal gammopathy composed of immunoglobulin G, with concurrent light-chain proteinuria and generalized lymph node plasmacytosis, was associated with chronic pyoderma in a dog. A uniform population of plasma cells was observed cytologically and histologically in multiple lymph node specimens. A diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance was eventually made by exclusion of other known causes of monoclonal gammopathy, resolution after antibiotic therapy, and no evidence of lymphoproliferative disease after 11 months of follow-up and subsequent necropsy. This report expands the diagnostic considerations for monoclonal gammopathies in the dog.
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- M J Burkhard
- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
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White SD, Rosychuk RA, Scott KV, Hargis AM, Jonas L, Trettien A. Sebaceous adenitis in dogs and results of treatment with isotretinoin and etretinate: 30 cases (1990-1994). J Am Vet Med Assoc 1995; 207:197-200. [PMID: 7601715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Medical records of 30 dogs with histologically confirmed sebaceous adenitis that were treated with isotretinoin or etretinate were reviewed. Akitas and Standard Poodles were overrepresented, compared with the general hospital population. Thirteen dogs had concurrent pyoderma. The retinoids were administered for a minimum of 2 months. Dosage for the 13 dogs treated with isotretinoin only ranged from 0.8 to 3.5 mg/kg of body weight/d (mean, 1.4 mg/kg/d). Dosage for the 10 dogs treated with etretinate only ranged from 0.7 to 1.8 mg/kg/d (mean, 1.1 mg/kg/d). Two dogs were first given isotretinoin (mean dosage, 1.5 mg/kg/d) and, when they did not respond, were subsequently given etretinate (mean dosage, 0.85 mg/kg/d). Five dogs were first given etretinate (mean dosage, 1 mg/kg/d) and, when they did not respond, were subsequently given isotretinoin (mean dosage, 1.6 mg/kg/d). For the 20 dogs treated with isotretinoin, 1 was lost to follow-up; 9 of the remaining 19 had a successful outcome (> 50% reduction in severity of scaling and extent of alopecia, compared with pretreatment appearance). For the 17 dogs treated with etretinate, 9 had a successful outcome. Outcome could not be predicted on the basis of clinical signs or histologic findings, and a prognosis could not be determined on the basis of whether sebaceous glands were evident histologically.
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- S D White
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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A case of thoracic discitis secondary to a pyodermal skin condition known as 'Woodbury' rash is described.
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- J M Sloss
- Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hants
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