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Subcutaneous Infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Published on: February 9, 2011
[Schoenlein-Henoch syndrome in adults and skin infection]
C de Pree1, P Bernard, J A Schifferli
1Clinique médicale et Clinique de dermatologie, Hôpital cantonal universitaire de Genève.
Abstract:
Schoenlein-Henoch purpura is a rare disease in adults clinically characterized by palpable purpura, mainly on the legs, with varying degrees of gastrointestinal, articular and renal involvement. This syndrome is also characterized by IgA-vasculitis and its pathogenesis is still unclear, although it appears frequently after a viral or bacterial infection especially in the ORL sphere. We report here the cases of three adult patients who developed Schoenlein-Henoch purpura shortly after a bacterial infection of the skin, notably by Staphylococcus aureus.
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