Erythema nodosum associated with Yersinia enterocolitica infection

J Dermatol. 2010 Sep;37(9):819-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00892.x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Erythema Nodosum / drug therapy
  • Erythema Nodosum / microbiology*
  • Erythema Nodosum / pathology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Fever / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Neutrophils / pathology
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis
  • Pancreatitis / microbiology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Yersinia Infections / complications*
  • Yersinia enterocolitica*

Substances

  • Ofloxacin