[Necrotizing folliculitis in Behçet's disease]

Rev Med Interne. 2009 Mar;30(3):268-70. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2008.06.007. Epub 2008 Jul 16.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a 24-year-old man with a known Behcet's disease who was lost to follow-up for a year. The patient was admitted for the association of scrotal ulceration and inguinal folliculitis, suggesting a Behcet's disease flare-up. Necrotizing course of the folliculitis led to the diagnosis of skin infection caused by a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain, carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. Bacteriological analysis should be mandatory in the absence of specific criteria for the diagnosis of Behcet's disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
  • Bacterial Toxins*
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Behcet Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Chlorhexidine / administration & dosage
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use
  • Colchicine / administration & dosage
  • Colchicine / therapeutic use
  • Community-Acquired Infections
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Exotoxins*
  • Folliculitis / etiology*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Groin
  • Humans
  • Leg Ulcer / complications
  • Leukocidins*
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification
  • Necrosis
  • Ofloxacin / administration & dosage
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Phenindione / administration & dosage
  • Phenindione / analogs & derivatives
  • Phenindione / therapeutic use
  • Scrotum
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / complications
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / microbiology
  • Stomatitis, Aphthous / complications
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / administration & dosage
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • Phenindione
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
  • Ofloxacin
  • fluindione
  • Chlorhexidine
  • Colchicine