TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute dermal abscesses caused by Serratia marcescens
AU - Soria, Xavier
AU - Bielsa, Isabel
AU - Ribera, Miquel
AU - Herrero, María José
AU - Domingo, Helena
AU - Carrascosa, José Manuel
AU - Ferrándiz, Carlos
PY - 2008/5/1
Y1 - 2008/5/1
N2 - Primary acute cutaneous infections caused by Serratia marcescens are extremely unusual. Nevertheless, Serratia infections are especially frequent in chronic granulomatous disease, which is a primary immunodeficiency that affects phagocytic cells of the innate immune system. We report a young man without history of infections, who developed multiple dermal abscesses on a leg with chronic lymphoedema attributed to S marcescens. Laboratory investigations showed a delayed partial neutrophilic oxidative function. It is remarkable that the patient did not have any other infections during childhood, when most of the innate immune deficiencies are diagnosed, and he had no history of granulomatous lesions. We hypothesize that the delayed neutrophilic oxidative function could be explained by a partial neutrophilic oxidative function, which could be enough to maintain the patient asymptomatic until this infection. © 2008 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc.
AB - Primary acute cutaneous infections caused by Serratia marcescens are extremely unusual. Nevertheless, Serratia infections are especially frequent in chronic granulomatous disease, which is a primary immunodeficiency that affects phagocytic cells of the innate immune system. We report a young man without history of infections, who developed multiple dermal abscesses on a leg with chronic lymphoedema attributed to S marcescens. Laboratory investigations showed a delayed partial neutrophilic oxidative function. It is remarkable that the patient did not have any other infections during childhood, when most of the innate immune deficiencies are diagnosed, and he had no history of granulomatous lesions. We hypothesize that the delayed neutrophilic oxidative function could be explained by a partial neutrophilic oxidative function, which could be enough to maintain the patient asymptomatic until this infection. © 2008 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.01.011
M3 - Article
VL - 58
SP - 891
EP - 893
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
SN - 0190-9622
IS - 5
ER -