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Infection and panniculitis.
- Source :
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Dermatologic therapy [Dermatol Ther] 2010 Jul-Aug; Vol. 23 (4), pp. 328-40. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Infection-induced panniculitis may result from a number of microbes including bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Viruses have also been implicated as a cause. This type of panniculitis can occur as a primary infection by direct inoculation of infectious microorganisms into the subcutaneous tissue, or secondarily via microbial hematogenous dissemination with subsequent infection of the subcutaneous tissue. Panniculitis is rarely viewed solely in terms of infectious causes. Also, subcutaneous infections are infrequently viewed in terms of infection-induced panniculitis but rather as cutaneous infections with subcutaneous involvement. Little information exists specifically on the subject of infection-induced panniculitis outside of the realm of case reports and case series. In this review, the present authors address panniculitis from the vantage point of infectious causes, focusing on those microorganisms with infection-induced panniculitis reports in the literature. Diagnosis and treatment are also discussed.
- Subjects :
- Anti-Infective Agents therapeutic use
Bacterial Infections microbiology
Humans
Mycoses microbiology
Panniculitis diagnosis
Panniculitis drug therapy
Parasitic Diseases complications
Parasitic Diseases microbiology
Virus Diseases complications
Virus Diseases microbiology
Bacterial Infections complications
Mycoses complications
Panniculitis microbiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1529-8019
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Dermatologic therapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20666820
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8019.2010.01333.x