Cutaneous malacoplakia.
Indurated, erythematous plaques of the left arm and left flank developed in a 69-year-old white man with multiorgan failure from Escherichia coli sepsis. Cutaneous malacoplakia was diagnosed. Intravenous antibiotic therapy resulted in resolution of the malacoplakia and the E. coli sepsis.
Sarkell
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Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
Dannenberg
M
M
Blaylock
W K
WK
Patterson
J W
JW
D000368:Aged; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling