Abstract
A 51-year-old man with active follicular lymphoma presented with several days of erythematous skin nodules on all extremities 2 weeks after a self-limited diarrheal illness. All serum immunoglobulin levels were found to be low. Blood cultures grew Campylobacter jejuni. The patient was given 1 week of azithromycin with complete resolution of his skin nodules. The literature of skin manifestations seen in active C. jejuni infection is reviewed. The majority of cases occur in immunocompromised hosts, many with low or no serum immunoglobulin levels. Postulated mechanisms include a lack of secretory immunoglobulin A in intestinal mucosa predisposing susceptible patients to translocated enteric pathogens; however, the precise pathogenesis underlying cutaneous manifestations is unknown.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 61-63 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2020 |
Funding
From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Correspondence to: Scott C. Roberts, MD, 645 N Michigan Ave Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60611. E‐mail: [email protected]. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (5T32AI095207-07). The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Informed consent was obtained from the patient. Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN: 1056-9103
Keywords
- Campylobacter jejuni
- erysipelas
- hypogammaglobulinemia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases
