A Case of Recurrent Erysipelas Caused by Streptococcus mitis Group
The aetiology of erysipelas remains poorly defined though beta-haemolytic streptococci are considered as the main causative pathogens. We describe a case of a 70-year-old woman with recurrent erysipelas in her left arm due to infection with streptococci of the mitis group. Her past medical history i...
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| description | The aetiology of erysipelas remains poorly defined though beta-haemolytic streptococci are considered as the main causative pathogens. We describe a case of a 70-year-old woman with recurrent erysipelas in her left arm due to infection with streptococci of the mitis group. Her past medical history includes lymphoedema of the left arm secondary to lymph node dissection due to breast cancer surgery. On seven different occasions during a decade, she has presented a clinical picture of erysipelas and in three of them with Streptococcus mitis group bacteraemia. The results indicate that two cases were caused by Streptococcus mitis and one case was caused by Streptococcus oralis. This is, to our knowledge, the first reported cases of S. mitis and of S. oralis as the causative agents of erysipelas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-29540f4db791458b9119ad3d94d9432b2025-02-03T05:43:55ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/51560855156085A Case of Recurrent Erysipelas Caused by Streptococcus mitis GroupDavid Nygren0Bo Nilson1Magnus Rasmussen2Division of Infection Medicine, Department for Clinical Sciences Lund, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Lund, SwedenClinical Microbiology, Region Skåne Labmedicin, Lund, SwedenDivision of Infection Medicine, Department for Clinical Sciences Lund, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Lund, SwedenThe aetiology of erysipelas remains poorly defined though beta-haemolytic streptococci are considered as the main causative pathogens. We describe a case of a 70-year-old woman with recurrent erysipelas in her left arm due to infection with streptococci of the mitis group. Her past medical history includes lymphoedema of the left arm secondary to lymph node dissection due to breast cancer surgery. On seven different occasions during a decade, she has presented a clinical picture of erysipelas and in three of them with Streptococcus mitis group bacteraemia. The results indicate that two cases were caused by Streptococcus mitis and one case was caused by Streptococcus oralis. This is, to our knowledge, the first reported cases of S. mitis and of S. oralis as the causative agents of erysipelas.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5156085 |
| spellingShingle | David Nygren Bo Nilson Magnus Rasmussen A Case of Recurrent Erysipelas Caused by Streptococcus mitis Group Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Case of Recurrent Erysipelas Caused by Streptococcus mitis Group |
| title_full | A Case of Recurrent Erysipelas Caused by Streptococcus mitis Group |
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| title_short | A Case of Recurrent Erysipelas Caused by Streptococcus mitis Group |
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