Staphylococcus aureus sporotrichoid lymphangitis without bacteremia in a transplant recipient.

Abstract

Pyogenic sporotrichoid infections are rare. There are only 4 reports in the literature of Staphylococcus aureus presenting as sporotrichoid lymphangitis (also known as lymphocutaneous syndrome or nodular lymphangitis). We report the first case, to our knowledge, of S. aureus sporotrichoid infection without bacteremia in an immunocompromised organ transplant recipient.

• Authors: V Rotemberg, W Valins, S Husan, M Grossman
• Journal: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (Transpl Infect Dis) Vol. 17 Issue 1 Pg. 137-9 (Feb 2015) ISSN: 1399-3062 [Electronic] Denmark
• PMID: 25582343 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2015 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Ceftazidime
• Cefazolin

Topics

• Adult
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Biopsy
• Cefazolin (therapeutic use)
• Ceftazidime (therapeutic use)
• Heart Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Immunosuppression Therapy
• Lymphangitis (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Male
• Skin (pathology)
• Staphylococcal Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Staphylococcus aureus (isolation & purification)
• Transplant Recipients