Cutaneous Septic Embolism Presenting as Erythematous Plaques

Galve, Javier; Giavedoni, Priscila; Alós, Llúcia; Alsina-Gibert, Mercè

doi:10.5021/ad.2013.25.3.392

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This proved that the skin lesions were a direct result of the dissemination of infection. Skin examinations, biopsies, and awareness of various clinical features of skin lesions are thus important for expedited diagnosis and therapy for patients infected with multidrug-resistant organisms [14]. Interestingly, both cases had lesions that spared the palms and soles.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disseminated Corynebacterium jeikeium Infection in Cancer Patients

Pardo

Patel

Ramsakal

et al. 2020

Cureus

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Corynebacterium jeikeium is a multidrug-resistant gram-positive bacterium of the human skin flora and one of the most clinically important nondiphtherial corynebacteria in the acute care setting. C. jeikeium can cause different forms of infections, especially in immunocompromised patients with underlying risk factors and comorbidities. C. jeikeium was initially described in 1976 as a highly resistant coryneform bacteria causing severe sepsis in patients with hematologic malignancies and profound neutropenia. C. jeikeium infection has also been reported in the setting of endocarditis, septicemia, meningitis, pneumonia, and soft tissue infections. Management of disseminated C. jeikeium infection in immunocompromised cancer patients can be challenging due to its high virulence and rapid skin colonization. We present two cases of disseminated C. jeikeium infection in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and underlying comorbidities. Both patients presented with neutropenic fever resistant to initial standard empiric antibiotic therapy.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%