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Sweet's syndrome and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection
P Rubegni1, M R Marano, G De Aloe
1Department of Dermatology, University of Siena, Italy. Rubegni@unisi.it
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|April 20, 2001
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient in whom Sweet's syndrome developed during pneumonia caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae. Increased expression of helper T-cell type 1 cytokine secretion pattern in peripheral blood has recently been observed in patients with this syndrome, and chlamydia infection is known to primarily activate a helper T-cell type 1 immunologic response.