Erythema nodosum associated with Yersinia enterocolitica infection.
We report a 74-year-old woman who presented to hospital with fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and 2 weeks later developed erythema nodosum (EN) on the legs, and was diagnosed with Yersinia enterocolitica infection based on her clinical course and microbiological examination of the stool. She also had a complication of pancreatitis, which made the diagnosis challenging. We should suspect infection by Y. enterocolitica when diagnosing cases of EN with gastrointestinal symptoms. We assume EN is likely to appear 2 weeks after the onset of gastrointestinal symptoms from our case and other case reports.
Yotsu
Rie
R
Department of Dermatology, St Luke's International Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. rieyotsu@hosp.ncgm.go.jp
Mii
Sumiyuki
S
Hayashi
Rika
R
Harada
Harumi
H
Furukawa
Keiichi
K
Eto
Hikaru
H
D000368:Aged; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica
D015242:Ofloxacin