[Stomatococcus mucilaginosus infection. A rare cause of cutaneous histiocytic infiltrate].
We report the case of a systemic infection due to Stomatococcus mucilaginosus with cutaneous localisations occurring in a neutropenic child. The histological features of this cutaneous involvement are very unusual and the diagnosis can be suggested before bacteriological results.
Lazure
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T
Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Necker-Enfants, Malades, Paris.
Fraitag
S
S
Huerre
M
M
Sautet
A
A
Jaubert
F
F
Brousse
N
N
D000293:Adolescent; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000473:pathology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000473:pathology*