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Streptococcal septic vasculitis
T J O'Brien1, M I Mcdonald, B F Reid
1Department of Dermatology, Geelong Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
The Australasian Journal of Dermatology
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of invasive streptococcal disease is presented. Bacteraemic spread from a peritonsillar abscess produced acral purpuric plaques that blistered and ulcerated. Histology showed a vasculitic picture. Group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus was cultured from the skin biopsy and seen on Gram stain.