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[Necrotizing folliculitis in Behçet's disease]
1Service de médecine interne, CHU de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie Paris-VI, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France. salim.trad@psl.aphp.fr
Abstract:
We report a 24-year-old man with a known Behcet's disease who was lost to follow-up for a year. The patient was admitted for the association of scrotal ulceration and inguinal folliculitis, suggesting a Behcet's disease flare-up. Necrotizing course of the folliculitis led to the diagnosis of skin infection caused by a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain, carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. Bacteriological analysis should be mandatory in the absence of specific criteria for the diagnosis of Behcet's disease.
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