title: Acute brucellosis presenting with erythema nodosum.
abstract: Brucellosis is a common world-wide zoonotic disease. Cutaneous manifestations are not specific and affect 1-14% of patients with brucellosis. We describe two cases of young males presenting with skin lesions of erythema nodosum on the anterior surface of the legs. Histopathology of skin biopsy revealed septal panniculitis, but the positive cultures of blood or bone marrow for Brucella melitensis established the diagnosis of brucellosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Heraklion Crete, Voutes, Greece. elmazokopakis@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mazokopakis
authors.forename: Emilios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Christias
authors.forename: Diamantis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kofteridis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline; D013307:Streptomycin