title: Erythema nodosum associated with Salmonella enteritidis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Erythema nodosum (EN) is the most frequent type of panniculitis in childhood. Although frequently idiopathic, it may be associated with a wide variety of conditions ranging from infections, to sarcoidosis, to collagen vascular diseases to drugs.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present an 8-year-old boy who developed EN during the course of febrile gastroenteritis due to salmonella enteritidis. He received intravenous ampicillin 150 mg/kg/day divided in equal doses every six hours for 10 days. The skin lesions gradually disappeared, and he recovered fully without sequelae.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Salmonellosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of EN in children with gastrointestinal symptoms, and stool cultures should be performed when indicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Democritus University of Thrace, and University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexantroupolis, Thrace, Greece. emantada@med.duth.gr
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