Pneumococcal cellulitis: a rare manifestation of pneumococcaemia in adults.
An elderly woman with rheumatoid arthritis of 8 years duration and for which she was receiving indomethacin, developed multifocal cellulitis with subsequent necrosis. Streptococcus pneumoniae type 1 was isolated from her blood and from blister fluid. Previous reported cases are summarised.
Peters
N S
NS
Department of Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London, U.K.
Eykyn
S J
SJ
Rudd
A G
AG
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*