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<p>Erythema nodosum (EN) is a poly-etiological disease with an acute flow that is characterized by symmetric emergence of painful nodules often in pretibial areas. A twenty-month-old male child was admitted to hospital for evaluation of the eruptive skin changes in the lower extremities and forearms. The disease began 10 days before getting febricity and loose stools. The laboratory analysis showed an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and leukocytosis. Blood cultures demonstrated the presence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, while Proteus vulgaris was isolated in urine cultures. After initiation of the empiric antibiotic therapy and then, the targeted antibiotic therapy according to the antibiogram, there was a significant improvement in a general condition and regression of cutaneous lesions. Erythema nodosum in the present case, is the result of staphylococcal bacteremia although Proteus vulgaris cannot be excluded as a cause.</p>
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Erythema nodosum (EN) is a poly-etiological disease with an acute flow that is characterized by symmetric emergence of painful nodules often in pretibial areas. A twenty-month-old male child was admitted to hospital for evaluation of the eruptive skin changes in the lower extremities and forearms. The disease began 10 days before getting febricity and loose stools. The laboratory analysis showed an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and leukocytosis. Blood cultures demonstrated the presence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, while Proteus vulgaris was isolated in urine cultures. After initiation of the empiric antibiotic therapy and then, the targeted antibiotic therapy according to the antibiogram, there was a significant improvement in a general condition and regression of cutaneous lesions. Erythema nodosum in the present case, is the result of staphylococcal bacteremia although Proteus vulgaris cannot be excluded as a cause.

Erythema Nodosum Associated with Staphylococcus Species Infection in a Child

University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Erythema nodosum (EN) is a poly-etiological disease with an acute flow that is characterized by symmetric emergence of painful nodules often in pretibial...

Erythema Nodosum Associated with Staphylococcus Species Infection in a Child

Published Online: Dec 24, 2022

Page range: 369 - 372

Received: Jan 29, 2020

Accepted: Feb 29, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2020-0017

Keywords
Erythema nodosum, Bacteremia, Staphylococcus

© 2020 Sanja Knezevic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Erythema Nodosum Associated with Staphylococcus Species Infection in a Child

Published Online: Dec 24, 2022

Page range: 369 - 372

Received: Jan 29, 2020

Accepted: Feb 29, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2020-0017

KeywordsErythema nodosum, Bacteremia, Staphylococcus

© 2020 Sanja Knezevic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Erythema nodosum, Bacteremia, Staphylococcus