Panniculitis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia.
A 71-year-old man developed multiple subcutaneous nodules during Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia. The acute and simultaneous flare of inflammatory nodules in a septic patient appears to be rather specific in Pseudomonas infections. Histological vascular lesions are prominent in the subcutaneous nodules.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000473:pathology*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*